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FORM OF PROPOSED IRTEEROGATORIES
IH THE G IT I COURT OF SAVANNAH
VS.
D. CLARK ABBOTT, an d J . -V.EFPELLE MOCK, c o p a r t n e r s , t r a d i r e a s A 3c M WRECKING AND PARTS COMPANY
SUIT FOR DAMAGES
INTERROGATORIES TO BE PROPOUNDED TO , OF CINCINNATIO, OHIO,
A KATERI AL WITNESS FOE THE DEFENDANT IN TEE ABOVE CASE, WHO RESI DES WITHOUT THE STATE OF GEORGIA, AND IN THE CITY OF CINCINNATI,OHIO, AND WHOSE ADDRESS I S UNIVERSITY OF CINCH NATI-,CINCINNATI, OHIO.
FIRST INTERROGATORY:
Pl eas s t a t e y o u r n am e, a g e , a n d p l a c e o f r e s i d e n c e *
SECOND INTERROGATORY;
Wha t a y o u r p r o f e s s i o n ? VUiat c o l l e g e o r c o l l e g e s d i d yo u
g ra d u a te from? What h o s p i t a l s have you been connected w ith ? In what
p r o f e s s io n do you sp c i a l i z e ? THIRD INTERROGATORY:
> On o r a b o u t J u l y 6 t h , 1937 d i d y o u a n a l y z e a s p e c i m a n
of blood and u rin e of
as se n t you by D r. J . K. T rain
of Savannah, Georgia I f you did, please s ta te what r e s u lt s you found
??ith reg a rd to lead poisoning'; what evidence of lead were found in
the blood and u rin e?
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' FOURTH INTERROGATORY:
I f you s t a t e you found some ev id en c e o f le a d , w i l l you
p le a se s ta te , w hether or n o t .the amount so found was w ith in the lim its
of the lead content u su ally found in normal Individuals?
FIFTH INTERROGATORY:
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" Have you in your p ro fe s s io n exam lned^specim ens of blo o d
and u rin e of persons to determ ine i f they contained evidence of le a d , .3 ta te
I f you answer y e s ,/d Tiling what p erio d th ese exam inations were made. About
how many ex a m in a tio n s havo you made w ith a view o f d e te r m in in g th e le a d
co n ten t o f specimens of blood and u rin e subm itted by persons?
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SIXTH INTERROGATORY;
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Vihet e v id e n c e o f le a d i s g e n e r a l l y fo u n d In p e r s o n s
re s id in g in urban communities?
SEVENTH INTERROGATORY i ,
Is a person more a p t to absorbs le d /in to h is system by
ab so rb tio n through the. sk in from h an d lin g g a s o lin e or by re te n tio n in
the lungs through b rea th in g a i r con tain in g spent gas from autom obile
exhausts?
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EIGHTH INTERROGATORY: .
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P l e a s e s t a t e whc-tjagg"1'w rv f ip t i n y o u r o p i n i o n , . b a s e d on
ycur experience and m edical know ledge, w hether lead co n ten t you found in
the blood and urir.e of
vies s u f f i c i e n t e v id e n c e o f ^ le a d
p o i s o n i n g u -efe a s w o u ld c a u s e h im t o s u f f e r p a r a l y s i s o f t h e w r i s t s w h ic h
i s known as " w r is t d ro p ".e n d , p a r a l y s i s ^ o f the a n k le s w hich i s known as
"ankle d ro p ";^th e muscles of p l a i n t i f f 's le g s , ankles and fe e t
w a ste d and become f le .c id and v.'eak; he h as l o s t , a lm o st t o t a l l y , th e u se
and c o n tro l o f h is an k les and f e e t ; he con w alk o n ly h a l t i r g l y and w ith
g re a t d i f f i c u l t y ; the m uscles of p l a i n t i f f 's arm s, w ris ts and hands
hove w asted and become f la c id and weak; he has l o s t , elinos^ to t a l l y
the use of h is w ris ts and hands; the m uscles of h is hands and f in g e rs ,
on t h e u n d e r s i d e or- jtsLm s i d e o f h i s h a n d s a n d f i n g e r s , a r e d ra w n so t h a t
h i s f i n g e r s e r e h e l d i n a c l a w - l i k e h a l f - c l o s e d p o s i t i o n ; a n d . . . .............
su ffe rs d istu rb an ces of h is nervous system, im paired d ig e stio n , poor
n u t r i t i o n , anaemia and w eakness.
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