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March 18, 1944 19 Dr- W. B. Hutchinson, V/11lard Storage Battery Company, 46 Bast Iplst Street, Cleveland, Ohio. Dear Dr. Hutchinson: I am sending you herewith reports on BHipPand_____ the former being the result, on a sample or oiood and the latter on a sample* of urine. I am not,quit sure why a hlood sample was sent in one instance and a urine sample in another. It would seem the better part of wisdom if blood and urine had. been obtained on each man, since ve should then have been able to check one against the other so as to give some check, on the factor of possible contamination in the process of collection. Moreover, we have had no letter or any other information on ^would assume from the scanty information available on the results on the urine in his case is a reasonable expression of his probable lead exposure. It would appear that his exposure has been sufficient to justify the diagnosis of lead intoxication if the clinical picture suggests that con clusion . In the case of we have no information, except the analy tical result on^m^blood. This is just at the border line of normal results, and it could indicate slight and hygienically insignificant lead exposure or none at all of occupational origin. The lack of information on the urine makes me somewhat guarded in the interpretation of this result, chiefly because I have no way of telling the nature of this man's presumable lead exposure or when it was brought to an end, if indeed it has been discontinued. Ihis beings me to the main reason for writing a letter rather than 3imply sending you the reports together with an invoice to cover the cost of our work. Without being nastily critical, I think I should point out to you that our work on your patients is not giving us any useful information. I wish to do everything I can, and particularly at this time, I should like to put our services at the disposal of industry for Che sake of protecting their workmen In every way that is possible. However, our function is not being properly fulfilled when ve carry out lead analyses for a fee, and I have no intention of continuing Dr- W. B. Hutchinson - (2) - March 13, I?44 cervices of that hind for anyone anywhere. Just to bring you up to date on the status of this work, let me c ay that yq_have hadn^c^uoicalthy of the name, on and on the two men oS^n^^report^aregive^nerewit^yFo^this reason it is not only impossible for us to give you our "best advice, hut ve are being placed in the position of carrying on clinical diagnostic work,which it is not our intention to do. I realize the diffi culty of getting records and information together and Into the mail in these trying times . X can assure you it is just as difficult for us to keep our records and data straight and to report them properly and promptly, therefore, without any vish to be disagreeable, I must insist that it will be necessary for us to have adequate clinical information on all of the cases that come to our attention through your hands, or ve shall have to discontinue any service on your behalf. Ve responded to the communication from Mr. B. E. Spratt, by sending out the necessary containers for the collection of urine samples some days ago. Ve shall not continue this policy further, unless our requirements are satisfactorily dealt with in the future. Moreover, ve are In the habit of dealing in these matters with physicians, and with all due respect to Mr. Spratt, whom I have no wish to offend and whom I take to be a layman, I cannot consider clinical informa tion of tho type he recently forwarded on Koy Lee as either being worth his time or ours. I trust you will not think I am going out of my way to be dis agreeable, but I am afraid ve are too busy with immediately urgent matters to carry on work of this sort which cannot give the results that are necessary In order to make our efforts of maximum usefulness. Cordially yours, Eobert A . Kehoe, i'i. D I.AK ef Enc. C. C. Mr. 3. Fprafct, Willard Storage Battery Company, 246 East 131st Street, Cleveland, Ohio. 0018919 Sample of blood received from the Willard Storage Battery Company, Cleveland, Ohio, for lead analysis* Blood Analysis Humber = I1J4A-II72 Spectrographic Grams 6*6 Mg. Pb/lOO g. 0.0l{_5 Pithizone 7.7 0.05 PP 0018920 Sample Received: 3-2.3" Sample Reported: 3-2*5- N19786.01 Sample of urine received from the Willard Storage Battery Company, Cleveland, Ohio, for lead analysis. Urine Analysis Number - 44A-1171 Volume = 75 ml. Mg. Pb/Liter = 0.22 K? 0018921 Sample Received: Sample Reported: 5"15*44