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I 912 Broadway Bayonne N.J. Ju ly 14.1954. D ean.U niversity of C in cin n ati, C in cin n ati Ohio. Dear S ir; ' I am a v ic tim o f m e ta lic p o is o n in g from e l e c t r i c w e ld in g and acetylene burning e tc . I was a p ip e co v e re r exposed to a b ra s iv e d u sts and wool and h a ir from the various insulations: I used aboard ships e ith e r building or in r e p a ir. The organic were H air from h a ir f e l t and wool from c u rly h a ir and o th er tra d e names fo r cold w ater in s u la tio n and low tem p eratu res used in refrig eratio n . W hile w orking a t my t r a d e I was d i r e c t l y exposed to th e many m e ta s l shown h i n th e in c lo se d a n a ly sis alo$g w ith the la rg e volumns of le a d and chromate fumes lib e r a te d from the bulkheads and o th e r p a in te d s u rfa c e s . I n o te from tim e t o tim e i n my r e a d in g ox" v a r io u s books on to x ic o lo g y your U niversity taking a p a rt in th is type of research . I f u rth e r note th a t to o fte n one w rite r r e f e r s to an o th er and t h i s r e p i t i t i n o c c u rs I t h in k t o o f t e n . 3eems l i k e a r i d e on th e m erry go ro u n d . We g e t ba ck to the f i r s t w rite r. Have you a n y th in g you can o f f e r me t h a t w i l l h e lp me co n v in ce my d o c to r s h t h a t th e y sh o u ld h e lp me r a t h e r th a n keep t r e a t i n g me a t one tim e f o r g rip p e now bad f ib r o s e d lu n g s and a bad h e a r t? Does le a d a f f e c t the. m uscles to th e e x te n t one becomes fa tig u e d r a p id ly and can n o t use h i s h ands and b o d y ,th is i s my c a s e . My w r i s t s a r e v e ry weak and t h i s a f t e r se v en y e a r s a f t e r e x p o s u re . \ ^ 7 Z e ^ f * *- * ^ *- ~) I was exposed to th e s e fumes in co n fin ed a r e a s aboard Navy s h ip s w hich a re fa r d if fe re n t from th e ty p e of m erchant ship b u ilt during th e w ar. Here on war s h ip s a re many decks c lo se d o f f from atm osphere and th e fumes c o l le c t more ra p id ly and hang dead due t o la c k of a i r f l o w . / ! _ Any in fo rm a tio n you may have w i l l h e lp me in my r e s e a r c h .A n o th er th in g I f i n d s is a s ta r tlin g lack of physicians schooled in in d u s tria l m edicine. I fin d many in th e a r t o f i n d u s t r i a l p re v e n tio n b u t to damned few in th e cu re a f t e r the; p r e v e n tio n f a i l e d . Do you te a c h I n d u s t r i a l m e d ic in e a s a f u l l co u rse in your college? S incerely, C h a rle s W. ancock N 5963