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August 7 1937 Dr* 0* IU Weaver Duval County Hospital iTaoksonvillo Florida Dear Doctor Weavert I bare just beard by a somewhat circuitous route that yon have seen a case which you believe to be lead poisoning In a man oho is said to h&ve washed a truck (presumably with leaded gasoline}* The pat lent 3 nase was Over a period of some years* my associates and I have been studying the problem of lead absorption In relation to leaded gasoline* and we have investigated directly or indirectly all eases of alleged lead poisoning that have been reported to us throng various channels* I might say* parenthetically*, that we have been unable to find any oases of poloonlog or any evidence which would lead us to believe that load poisoning la possible as a consequence of contact* even over long periods of time* with gasoline containing tetraethyl lead* However wo are still on the lookout for such oases* and,. I should appreciate it very deeply* therefore* if you would report to ms la the eelf*-addrsaed stamped envelops* your findings in this case* together with all of the pertinent facts as to exposure and the patient's occupation* Moreover* if there is anything which we can do by way of investigation or laboratory determinations which would tend to substantiate r clarify the diagnosis in this ease* 1 should be pleased to do so* Perhaps 1 should explain* for your information* that although 2 am the chief medical consultant of the Ethyl Gasoline Corporation* my chief interest In these oases springs from the fact that T am doing experimental work in the general field of lead poisoning and lead absorption* and this is one of the problems in which m have been greatly Interested over a period of many years* X shall thus be grateful to you for any information which you find It possible to give me* Very truly youra* RAKjia cc Mr. Lewis Robert A* Kehoe* &!&