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.10 The isriter regards them as-essential requirements for the maintenance of a reason able safety i n ,the handling of cans of Ethyl Fluid. It ,should, be said, in this connection, that there is no need for aviators, either civil or military, to prepare their own gasoline by the addition to it of Ethyl F^-Uid. , It will be found tp be quite a simple matter to obtain gasoline of suitable quality,.at pract'cally any point designated, by specifying what is needed and giving the regular manufacturers o f :such gasoline an opportunity to supply it. Moreover, the results of such methods' of obtaining gasoline will certainly be found, to be gratifying, in that a more uniformly satisfactory fuel will thereby be obtained. The indiscriminate a n d unnecessary use of cans of Ethyl Fluid should be discouraged therefore b y :every means which is at the command of the hygienic authorities. . V. Pjrg.cautip.nary Measures in .Mixing Ethyl Fluid with Gasoline at R efineries Little need be said concerning the proper.way of handling this question in Italy The methods employed by Ethyl Export Corporation arc fully known to. the hj enic authorities, and since these methods were devised and put into opera.ti on by the writer of this memorandum, he has thereby si'urr-; e d .in action the re;sillts of his best j u d g m e n t and experience'. In order that the procedure may be reviewed in connection with this memorandum, copies of the plans and', specifi cations for the construction of mixing plants, and copies of .detailed ins t r u etions for their operation are r.p .ended hereto. It is believed that . ' safety in this field can be accomplished.' only by strict adherence to the use of. properly designed equipment and ads uately regulated and. sunerviqed tcchnicue. n this connection several types of portable mixing equipment have been designed by persons',with adequate mechanical training, perhaps, but with no .appreciation of the hygienic problem. Of those, which have! bebn submitted to me o r wh"ich, h'ave; come to my attention through c i r c u i t.o.u s rye-rues, -I' can only ssy the.t I find them ingenious, death-traps. On the other, hand such eruipment,. 'vi'iie' v-holly unnecessary'., "crh he designed with an eye to safety. If thi question'should-be found to.be one of practical importance, the undersigned would fcg glad: to make such suggestions and criticisms of proposed equipment as would serve the purposes of safety. (Signed) Robert A. Kehoe, M.D. .. Kettering Laboratory of Applied physiology, College of Medicine, Eden Avenue, ,. Cincinnati, Ohio. HE 000247a