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t IN T E R -O FFIC E CORRESPONDENCE l Ga s o l i n e Co r po r a t i o n Tu l s a Of f ic e f?05 So u t h Ke n o s h a AyENUE T u l s a ., O k l a h o m a . O ctober 12, 1935 ._ : -y:iU : D r, R, A. Kehoe, Dear Dr. Kehoe: M r.. W. K. Holmes, s u p e rin te n d e n t o f The T erns Compare r e f i n e r y , West T u ls a , c a ll e d me a b o u t e le v e n o 'c lo c k l a s t n ig iit to a sk what r e medy co u ld be u sed i n a c a se o f le a d p o is o n in g and I asked f o r th e p a r t i c u l a r s o f th e c a s e . He s ta t e d t h a t The Texas Company a g e n t, Mr. E v e rt, a t C oncordia, K ansas, had j u s t c a lle d him and s ta te d th a t he had b e en a d v ise d t h a t h i s s i s t e r l i v i n g I n Dodge C ity , K ansas, was su ffe rin g from a very severefca.se o f le a d poisoning due to having washed c lo th e s i n ETHYL G a so lin e . The in fo rm a tio n g iv e n Mr. Holmes was so meager t h a t he could n o t g iv e me any d e t a i l s re g a rd in g th e woman' s c o n d itio n , p a r t i c u l a r l y as to w hether o r n o t th e ev id en ce was o f s k in b u rn in g o r p o in te d t07ra rd some i n t e r n a l c o n d itio n . I a d v ise d Mr. Holmes t h a t I had no r i g h t to su g g e st a ry rem ed ies b u t p o in te d o u t to him t h a t i t was m ost u n lik e ly th a t le a d would be th e cause o f th e d i f f ic u l ty and th a t i t would seem to me t h a t I f she h ad s k in b u rn s i t would be due to th e g a s o lin e and i f th e d if f ic u l ty , was a nauseous o r r e s p ir a to r y n a tu re i t m ight be caused by g a s o lin e fum es. We a g re ed t h a t th e b e s t way to h a n d le th e m a tte r would be f o r Mr Holmes t o g iv e y o u r a d d re ss I n C incinnati to h is agent and suggest th a t he pass i t on to th e doctors who a r e a tte n d in g h i s s i s t e r so t h a t th e y can g e t i n to u c h w ith you i f necessary. X tr u s t th a t th is has.been handled in accord w ith your d e sire s. : : ' . clafe- :.S'