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.'Oval*u* v, 15-55 -iiliua -'iiissoGL# uiicol lirwctor v-ccu;*itioiiaI oealth bacoratorlas 211 .'*ily street * tOCi 3* "Or bill* a aiwi'fc tiw ago i had the opportunity to chat with --aiifred iJouditch coooernir^ hid broad ax^ience with laud crablotus. be stationed that h hod vieitod 70a on one occasion ai vaa c^ulta impressed with your approach to industrial byzlatm probUos In Houston. i-e.xjivas to say. 1 was relighted to iiour thin from Ufa, for 1 know ho has haul t.aaoh a broad experience ant is a critical judge of such aatiars. i-*a nfintionsd one itatu. houwvor, which disturbed hlu and, 1 must confess, disturbs no. it concerns your rwaarsaoniation of the prophylactic use of --21. 1 mi rot sure bhatuer you have toon loo Kudos's cuuowints on this cutter but would reooGiaaend that you nsaJ it if you have not bod the oppoiw tanity to do eo thus fur. it appears in the JUldUL di" 1112 jUd.-lild. ..--ub.a. v Idfc-llwhg Volutes 15? la-ter t. January 22, 1955* pegs 3^1. Ihis statttknifc woo accepted us an official Council report and. I believe, repi-e&*nts the bust thinking of experienced physicians in this field, fou hay also have seen the casi^ito by -^ed Johnstone in the August. 195b, issue of Id-dlJldiitti. -wICXflL. *2id wU*ih-df. - are certainly not convinced that the advocates of the prophylactic use of -dl have at all catiafectorily answered the criticisos leveled at this application. As, you know, this situation is cot unique, and the use of reediest iuns or ensileols has bean previously suggested for a variety of other kinds of exposure. Xbo basic objection, of course, is that It is so&uwhat like* giving person a shot of iunrphine while he Is being hit over ti head with a homer, While the Morphine ey relieve ooae of his ayptaas, it is not the obvious solution to the problem. 1 was aoxT7 that I didn't got to soe you on sy lost visit to iouctoa and wondered why you weren't In attendance at the Conference, -y only real justification for cooing cock on this occasion was the naotinj of our Council on Industrial Health, which was hold simultaneously with the health Confei'ence. CiUi oast records. cci ~r. o. bowditch Also, copies to: JV. Hardy J&XiS H. -terrier, -u-'. odical director