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DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Occupational Health Service Febr uar y 21, 1986 Ray mond Sus k i nd, M. D. Uni v er s i t y of Ci nc i nnat i Medi c al Cent er I ns t i t ut e of Env i r onment al Heal t h Ket t er i ng Labor at or y 3223 Eden Av enue Ci nc i nnat i , Ohi o 45267- 0056 Dear Ray: Thank y ou f or y our l et t er of Febr uar y 3 , 1986 and pr ompt pr ov i s i on of t he Kehoe manus c r i pt f or my c ons i der at i on f or publ i c at i on i n CRC Cr i t i c al Rev i ews i n To x i c o l o g y . Al l c onc er ned wi t h t he pr epar at i on of t hi s hi s t or i c al c ompi l at i on s houl d be c ongr at ul at ed. Readi ng t hi s ac c ount of a uni que s er i es of pi oneer i ng ex per i ment s i s a mov i ng ex per i enc e. As happens s o of t en, t he l es s ons t hat wer e l ear ned s o ar duous l y ar e now t he gener al l y - ac c ept ed f ac t s on whi c h our under s t andi ng of env i r onment al l ead t ox i c i t y i s based. Thus , whi l e t he manus c r i pt i s an i mpor t ant and v al uabl e hi s t or i c al r ec or d of human s t udi es t hat coul d not be c onduc t ed t o- day, t he account i s not appr opr i at e f or a j our nal c onc er ned wi t h t he l as t es t adv anc es i n Tox i c ol ogy and i t s c ognat e s c i enc es . I r egr et hav i ng t o mak e t hi s deci si on, but i t i s i nescapabl e. When y ou and I di s c us s ed publ i c at i on, I had i n mi nd a muc h s hor t er doc ument . Hav i ng r ead i t , I f eel t hat not hi ng s houl d be done t o s poi l t hi s f i ne r ec or d of gr eat wor k . I deal l y , i t s houl d be publ i s hed as an Hi s t or i c al Monogr aph, by t he Uni v er s i t y of Ci nc i nnat i or t he Soc i et y of Tox i c ol ogy . Al t er nat i v el y , i t c oul d per haps be as s ur ed of a wi der c i r c ul at i on as a Suppl ement t o Food and Chemi c al To x i c o l o g y , f or whi c h Per gamon Pr es s mak es a s pec i al c har ge ( a v er y r ough gues s woul d be $1 0 , 000) . K 001451 Division of Community and Occupational Medicine Box 2914 Durham, North Carolina 27710 * Telephone (919) 684-6677 \ Ray mond R. Sus k i nd, M. D. Febr uar y 21, 1986 Page 2 Pl eas e l et me k now whet her y ou woul d l i k e me t o ex pl or e t he i dea of a Suppl ement t o FCT. Wi t h war m r egar ds t o y ou and I da Bl anc he, Si nc er el y , Leon Gol ber g, M. B. , D. Sc. , D. Phi l 0014318