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COPY INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OP OHIO COLUMBUS Octo b e r 2 S, 1955 Me m b er s o f t h e I n d u s t r i a l Co m m is s io n Co lu m b u s , Oh io Ge n tle m e n : In r e - Cla im L .D . 5050 - Sin ce th e h e a r in g o f t h is cla im Octo b e r 22 and th e d is cu s s io n o f t h e e v id e n ce on f i l e w it h D r . h a y h u r s t and th e Re fe r e e a d d it io n a l p r o o f w h ich h as been f i le d h a s been r e vie w e d t o d e te r m in e w h eth er o r n o t a n y new fa c t s h a ve been p r e s e n t e d w h ich h a ve n o t b een co n - s ia e r e d b y th e Co m m is s io n . In lo o k in g o v e r t h e r e p o r t s t h e p a r a gr a p h i s fo u n d in w h ich t h e l a b o r a t o r y f i n d i n g s a t t h e Fo r d H o s p i t a l a r e q u o t e d ,, A f t e r d e s c r i b i n g t h e n e g a t i v e Wssse r m a n an d Ka h n t e s t a n o r m a l b lo o d co u n t i s g iv e n , The l a s t s e n t e n c e r e a d s a s fo llo w s : "Als o u r in e r o u tin e a n a ly s is n e g a t iv e th r o u gh o u t; s e v e r a l s t o o l sp e cim e n s were p o s it iv e fo r le a d ." I f t h is i s a c o r r e c t s t a t e m e n t o f th e la b o r a t o r y w ork w h ich was done a t th e Ford h o s p it a l i t does n ot show le a d in th e u r in e n o r d o e s i s show t h e p r e s e n ce o f s t ip p le d c e l l s in t h e b lo o d w hich se e m s t o h a v e b e e n r e p o r t e d t o t h e Mayo C l i n i c and u s e d b y th em a s p r o o f t h a t t h e c la im a n t a t one t im e h ad s u ffe r e d fr om le a d p o is o n in g . The o t h e r p a r a gr a p h t o w h ich I w ish t o c a l l a t t e n t io n i s t h e one in w h ich i t i s shown t h a t t h e b e g in n in g o f t h o s e symp tom s o f n er ve c ir c u la t o r y in vo lve m e n t o f th e fe e t b e gan b e fo r e ' t h e r e was any known exp o su r e to le a d . R e fe r r in g t o th e r e p o r t o f my in v e s t ig a t io n and e xa m in a t io n w h ich was made Decem ber 1 1 , 1 9 2 8 , I a g a in w is h t o em p h asize th e e n t ir e a b se n ce o f an y symptoms e it h e r s u b je c t iv e o r o b je c t iv e o f le a d p o is o n in g a t t h e tim e o f my e xa m in a t io n o f th e c la im a n t . Fu r th er m o r e t h e o n ly c o n t a c t w it h le a d upon w h ich t h e cla im i s b a s e d w as th e u s e o f a v e r y s m a ll can o f a m ixt u r e o f lead , a id o i l u se d a s a l u b r i c a n t on t h e la t h e w h ich .t h e c la im a n t o p e r a t e d . Th e co n t e n t s o f t h is sm a ll can h o ld in g , p e r h a p s, le s s than, a H a lf pound h ad fu r n is h e d t h e e n t ir e s u p p ly w h ich had b een used, in t e n m on th s and s t i l l co n ta in e d enough fo r s e v e r a l m onths u s e . I t is e v id e n t , t h e r e fo r e , t h a t t h e am ou n t o f le a d t o w h ich t h i s man. w as e xp o s e d c o u ld h a ve b een o n ly v e r y m in u t e . At t h e tim e o f my e x a m in a t io n t h e r e w as some co m p la in t o f p e c u lia r symptoms o f t h e l e f t le g and p o s s ib ly a b e gin n in g s im ila r co n d itio n in the r ig h t , but th ese symptoms were n o t co n s id e r e d to be in an y way th e r e s u lt o f or a s s o c ia t e d w ith le a d p o is o n in g . I t was fo r t h e s e r e a s o n s , n a m e ly, th e a b se n ce o f symptoms o f le a d p o is o n in g and th e v e r y s lig h t e xp o s u r e jto le a d t h a t t h e c la im was n o t co n s id e r e d co m p e n sa b le . N19427 7^ my o p in io n t h a t t h e p r o g r e s s iv e c o u r s e w h ich t h e d is e a s e wrjaja `w h ich , t h i s man i s s u f f e r i n g h a s t a k e n in s p i t e o f t r e a t m e n t (s f u r t h e r p r o o f t h a t i t i s d u e t o som e c o n d i t i o n o t h e r t h a n a n o c c a p a x i-m a l d is e a s e . The f a c t t h a t a d e fi n i t e ca u s e fo r t h is e c u i i a r d is e a s e ca n n o t be fo u n d d o e s n o t j u s t i f y th e c o n c lu s io n h a t i t was cau sed or in flu e n ce d by le a d p o is o n in g, e s p e c ia lly when t e r e is in a d e q u a te p r o o f t r a t a le a d p o is o n in g e ve r e xis t e d I t i s my o p in io n t .:a t t h e c la i m a n t ' s d i s a b i l i t y i s n o t t h e r e s u l t o f a co m p e n sa b le o c c u p a t io n a l d is e a s e . R e s p e c t fu lly su b m itte d , ( Sig n e d ) W. E . 0 3 ETZ M e d ica l In v e s t ig a t o r kE" 0016696