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:v c.*irl \ r / ' r~ (/ ? j * 'S t a . n-. Et h y l Ga so l i n e Co r po r a t i o n TORONTO DIVISIOIf 302 Ba y St r eet T o r o n t o 2 , Ga n a d a 16? T hornton A venue, L ondon, O ntari o. November 8t h , 1937. I N T ER-OFFI CE CORRESPON D EN CE M r. J . N. Fi tzG eral d. D ear F i tz: He: L ead Poi soni ng. As requested i n M r. O l v er*s l e t t e r o f October 21st , I am maki ng a f u r t h er r ep o r t on Mr . Thayer ' s empl oyee, B l enhei m, who has operated a tank wagon f rom t h i s cen tr e f o r some y ear s. B ef ore c al l i n g on M r. I dropped i n t o T hay er' s at Chatham, and M r. M acPherscn, th e sal esm an t h er e, brought up th e su b j ect of M r. Shaw bef ore I had an opportuni ty t o m enti on i t . M r. was f or ced to sto p work on September 22nd and spent about f o u r weeks i n bed, when he showed co n si d er ab l e i mprovement, and he hash-been abl e t o be on h i s f eet agai n the l a s t coupl e o f w eek s. A pparentl y T hay er' s f e e l t h at they w ould l i k e t o have him r etu r n t o w ork and o f f er ed him a j ob as n i g h t watchman at Chatham, but on th e D octor' s adv i ce he tu r n ed t h i s d am . He i s not en t i t l ed t o any compensati on as T hay er' s do not come under th e compensati on r eg u l at i o n as th ey do not m anuf acture. M r. M acFherson sai d t h at someone t o l d t h at i n th e U ni ted S t at es, G eneral M otors, o r th e E thy l G asol i ne C orporati on took care o f any l e ad cases, and M r. M acPherscn w anted t o know i f we would do any thi ng f o r I c al l ed on M r. ^ H l a t B l enhei m and f ound t h at he s t i l l does n o t l ook too w el l , al though ap p ar en tl y he i s much b et t er than he has been f o r months. Ee t e l l s me t h at i n f ec t i o n st ar t ed i n h i s r i g h t l eg , at th e shi n bone i n A p r i l o f t h i s y ear , Sh o r tl y af terw ar ds he consul ted th e doctor who took a bl ood t e s t , but w hi ch showed no si gns of i n f ec t i o n , however he gave him seme sal v e t o appl y , but i t had v ery l i t t l e e f f e c t . By the mi ddl e of the summer he began t o f e e l much w orse and t h e r ash spread t o h i s o th er l eg and t o h i s arms, and he consul ted a second doctor who di agnosed i t as l ead poi soni ng. By th e end of A ugust th e r ash became much w orse, and was i n the f orm o f sm al l b l i st e r s w hi ch oozed w ater soak i ng th e beddi ng et c . The r ash f i n a l l y spread t o h i s f ace and h i s h ai r and be began t o l o se th e str en g th i n h i s hands and arms. H i s f eet al so l o st t h e i r f eel i n g and he f e l t as i f they w ere co n ti n u al l y asl eep . He al so had h i s t eet h examined and was t o l d t h at th er e was a deposi t around them and t h at th ey would a l l have to come o u t, al though they had n ot tr o u b l ed him i n any w ay. When I c al l ed on him on November 2nd he had j u st had th r ee t eet h o u t, and had onl y th r ee l e f t t o be removed. The r ash i s p r ac t i c al l y d r i ed up, al though th er e ar e s t i l l si g n s of i t on h i s l eg s, arms and h i p s. KE 0021747 Page 2, L ead Poi soni ng, P.3 .MacEwen, November 8t h , 1937. M r. d P l o s t consi derabl e -w eight, f rom 156 l b s. to 132 l b s . , and ev en y et does not l ook l i k e a w el l man. He does not f eel t h at he shoul d go back to work f o r T hay er' s i f i t T ri l l mean a r etu n a of th e same t r o u b l e. He al so f eel s t h at somethi ng shoul d be done f o r him by someone, and he shoul d be compensated i n sane way f o r h i s l o ss o f h eal t h , and t h at some one shoul d pay h i e m edi cal and d en tal b i l l s . I al so cal l ed on D r. Stor y , B l enhei m, who has been t r eat i n g M r .^H f c f o r l ead poi soni ng. D r. Sto r y f eel s t h at t h er e i s no doubt about M r. d h a v i n g l ead poi soni ng, al though he adm i tted t h at t h e i nf orm ati on r egardi ng l ead poi soni ng was v er y vague. D r. Story sai d t h at when he deci ded i t was l ead poi soni ng he gave potassi on i odi de to m obi l i ze th e l ead , He al so sai d t h at h i s gums had a purpl e l i n e and a deposi t around th e t eet h , and t h at the muscl es o f h i s hands l o st t h e i r pow er. However a t e st made on a sampl e o f h i s u r i n e a t th e end of October showed no ex cessi v e amount o f l ead . He sai d t h at he was so r r y t h at he hadn' t had a sampl e t est ed e a r l i e r , mmbut t h at when he st ar t ed h i s treatm ent t h at he was no t sure i t was l ead poi soni ng. He al so sai d t h at he f e l t t h at M r. would be f o o l i sh to go back to work on the same j ob iihen he would be agai n exposed t o t h e same t r o u b l e. I n h i s opi ni on most o f the tr o u b l e o r i g i n ated f rcm t h e p r ac t i c e cf d el i v er i n g gasol i ne to the f arm ers where i t had to be canned from the tank wagon to drums sto r ed i n sm al l u n v en ti l ated shacks where th er e was no way o f av oi di ng th e odors, /aid as most o f T hay er' s tr ad e i n t h i s d i s t r i c t i s of t h i s ty p e, he f l t t h at t h i s was l ar g el y r esp o n si b l e f o r Mr condition. D r. Story al so took M r. f l B t o see Br Reed o f Chatham who agreed t h at i t was a d i st i n c t case of l ead poi soni ng. I t r u st t h i s i nf orm ati on cov ers the h i st o r y of the case sati sf acto ri l y . . Y oure v ery t r u l y , (Si gned) P. B. MacEwen. 0021748