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M arch 1 9 , 1937
Dr. R. A. Kehoe
K etterin g L aboratory of A pplied Fnysiology
C ollege of M edicine
Sden Avenue
C in c in n a ti, Ohio.
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Dear D r. Kehoe:
We a r e e n c l o s i n g copy o f a l e t t e r r e c e iv e d from th e Texas
Company r e g a rd in g a c a s e o f a l le g e d le a d p o is o n in g . D r. F o s te r
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th e man who d ia g n o s e d th e c a s e a s le a d p o is o n in g and i s a l s o t r e a t -
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The Texas Company is e v id e n tly q u ite co n ce rn ed a s th e y l a d u s p e r s o n a l l y come i n a n d d is c u s s i t an d r e q u e s te d we have you make a n i n v e s t i g a t i o n .
I t i s q u ite l i k e l y you may f in d i t c o n v e n ie n t to ta k e c a re o f t h i s on y o u r t r i p t o Hew York n e x t w eek. .
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March IS, 1937
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EMPLOYES GENERAL A. J. PAEENTE
Mr. A. E . M anley New Y ork, N. Y.
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Conf ir m in g c o n v e r s a tio n w ith Mr. H oose, we u n d e r s ta n d t h a t is s t i l l in th e M urray H ill H o sp ita l. His fam ily
c a n e d T h an o th er doctor to ch eck u p on the fin d in g s of the phys i cian tr e a tin g him , an d he was u n d er the im p ressio n th a t ^ P ^ H P h n d le a d p o iso n in g . This d o c to r gave th e im p ressio n th a t.h e was no t a b s o lu te ly su re th a t such was the c a s e , and th e fa m ily d id n o t w ish to tak e t h i s a s f i n a l . However, we a d v is e d them t h a t i t was n e c e s s a r y t h a t we h a n d le t h i s w ith y o u r o f f i c e im m e d ia te ly .
. We. do n o t know how
could have been poisoned w ith
t e t r a e t h y l l e a d , inasm uch a s he d o es no m ix in g an d d oes n o t come in
t o n t a c t w ith t e t r a e t h y l le a d , in an y m anner. He d o es gauge f i n i s h e d
b le n d e d ta n k s , b u t we know o f no c a s e w here a p e r s o n h a s b een
p o iso n ed due to b re a th in g g a s o lin e fumes of le a d e d p ro d u c ts .
We assum e you w i l l ta k e a n y o th e r a c t i o n n e c e s s a r y o r a d v is e us w hat to do i f we c a n do a n y th in g e l s e i n c o n n e c tio n w ith t h i s c a s e .
Yours v e ry tr u ly Signed E. 0. P erkins
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