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N e w Yo r k May 13, 1937
Dr . R. A. Kehoe
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Ke t t e r in g La b o r a to r y of Ap p lie d P h ysio lo gy
Co lle ge o f Medicin e
Eden Avenue
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Dear D r . Keh oe:
Eor you r in fo r m a t io n we a r e q u o t in g a l e t t e r d a t e d May 1 2 t h fr om Mr . A.H . Cook, A s s is t a n t Man ager In d u s t r ia l R e la t io n s o f th e Tid e Water As s o c ia t e d O i l Company, co n ce r n in g a n a lle g e d ca s e of le a d p o is o n in g .
"Co n fir m in g ou r t e le p h o n e c o n v e r s a t io n o f t o d a y , w ish t o r e p o r t the cir cu m
sta n ces r e s p e ctin g the d is a b ilit y s u ffe r e d b y
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t h e De a le r Develop m en t Cr ew, Ba le s T r a in in g Dep e ^ tm em ^ ^
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r e p o r t e d t o h a ve h ad a s c r a t c h on the in c e x fin g e r o f h is
r ig h t hand which was in fe c t e d th r ou gh co n t a ct w ith g a s o lin e .
"He was a t t e n d e d b y h is p e r s o n a l p h y s ic ia n , Dr . E .y . Bu r ga so n o f Milb u r n A v e .,
Ba ld w in , L . I . , who in d ic a t e d t h a t the i n fe c t io n was b r o u gh t a b o u t b y co n t a ct
w it h g a s o lin e . He is s p e d a l e t t e r t o Mr.
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In or(Ier t o s u b s t a n t ia t e our b e l i e f t h a t th er e
was a p o s s ib ili t y t h a t t h is man's d i s a b i li t y m ight be a t t r ib u t a b le t o w or king
a r ou n d g a s o lin e , we s e n t him t o Dr . J.W . Ha r ve y, ou r c o n s u lt in g p h y s ic ia n a t
t h e Bayon n e R e fin e r y . Dr . Ha r ve y p honed me a ft e r e xa m in in g M r . a n d
s a id t h a t in vie w o f h is fin d in g s , i t was h ig h ly im p o r t a n t we h ave th e E t h y l
Ga s o lin e Co r p o r a t io n lo o k in t o the m a t t e r p r o m p t ly.
"Mr .
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t o ou r c a l l . I f you w i l l a d v is e me when you r e q u ir e t o se e h im , I s h a l l a r
r an ge t o for w ar d you r a d v ice s t h r ou gh t h is o ff ic e . "
Alt h o u gh Tid e Water assum es one o f your a s s o c ia t e s w i ll exam in e Mr , yo u may f i r s t d e s ir e t o com m un icate w it h t h e d o ct o r s who h ave h a n d le d re~ c a s e . We s h o u ld a p p r e c ia t e yo u r a d v is in g u s a s t o the outcome a n d , o f co u r s e , we w i l l b e g la d t o a s s i s t you in a n y way yo u may d e s ir e .
Ver y t r u ly y o u r s ,
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