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0 0 p Y MAYO CLINIC HDCHESTER MINNESOTA A p r il 8 1935 My d e a r M r . M c D o n n e l l : Thank you fo r you r d e t a ile d l e t t e r . Dr. Bar k e r and Dr. Bak er h ave been st u d y in g t h e t i s s u e s o b t ain e d from you r l e g . They fin d a very marked d e ge n e r at iv e le sio n of th e n e r v e s, p a r t ic u l a r l y o f th e sen sor y n er v e s; t h is e x p la in s th e p ain and th e u l e r a t i o n . Th ey a l s o f i n d b o t h a r t e r i e s an d v e i n s sh ow m ar k ed n ar r ow in g t o com plete c lo su r e . The m ost s i g n i fi c a n t clu e in t h e whole t h in g i s th e n er ve d i s e a s e . As we a l l know, l e a d d o e s a t t a c k n e r v e s an d i n ju r e s th em b a d l y Your d ise a se in th e l a t t e r a sp e c t s cou ld be e xp lain e d on t h e b a s i s o f l e a d p o i s o n i n g . T h a t i s a s f a r a s we c a n go i n t h e matter as we h a v e n o o t h e r a v a i l a b l e e x p l a n a t i o n o f t h e p r o foun d ch an ges t h at were p r e se n t . R egar d in g t r e a t m e n t , I m ust c o n fe ss t h a t you h ave had e v e r y t h in g known fr om t h i s st a n d p o i n t . I t h in k p r o b ab ly i t would be w e ll t o h ave t h e c a se w ith t h e S t a t e I n d u st r i a l Com m ission r eo p en ed , p r e se n t in g t h is evid en ce I am r e f e r r i n g y o u r l e t t e r t o t h e B u s i n e s s O f f i c e so t h a t t h e y w i l l n o t e w h at y o u h a v e s a i d a b o u t y o u r a c c o u n t . I am s u r e th ey w ill take in to co n sid e r atio n your p resen t circu m stan ces. Yours very t r u ly , G e o r ge E . Br ow n M .D. kfc 0016682