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LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION 420 Lexington Avenue New York 17, N. Y. June 27, 1956 AIR MAIL MANFRED B O WO IT C H oiKceron or n c a l t h a n d s a f c t y Yilllian U. Giessel, M. D* Medical Director Occupational Health Laboratories 211 Milby Street Houston 3, Texas Dear Dr. Giesselj Thank you for your letter of June 18th. YLhilo there may be any number of subgrouping are basically two schools of thought with regard use of the drug, while the other considers the tablets Insofar as I am competent to judge between the v* I it may be laid that there of which favors the oral ztically useless, or worse. :lined to side with the latter. Of the references mentioned in your first iph, I am familiar with that by Shiels, et al. and agree that it lends the\cbntentions of the "oral" school] I do not know the paper by Uanville andA&U&c ituld b\Wataul for a more definitive reference. I have corresponded extensively with' . Shiels, have high regard for him and have many of his reprints. So far a? (I can rec* the current paper is his first on ETTA lb is not my purpose to pick rela on or health topics, but I do conai- der it my function to do toNpbemate^dund preventive and therapeutic services to workers exposed to part&tchsfdy those employed by our member companies, of which at least one atteatl^ of your office. Furthermore, as a layman, I avoid as far as possib with physicians on medical subjects. For that reason, rather than re, LI to the arguments set forth in your letter, I am sending copies of it and' hse to the five doctors whose names appear below, all authorities in indue and all experienced in the application of ETTA to the problem of plumbism. this will lead to replies to your discussion far more valuable than any that could come from me. As to the matter of reprints, that of the recent paper by Foreman et al. which you received was one of a number mailed by ua to physicians known to be interested in ETTA. It was also sent, with the bulletin of which a copy is herewith, to the members of our Association. Bather than undertake to select other reprints on this subject in response to your request, I am enclosing also a copy of a list of reprints on this and on child* hood plumbism which we have on hand in varying quantities. Insofar as we have them to spare, I shall be glad to send you any that you may select. 123*01? Enclosures CCI a?.Dr. H. L. Hardy B. T. Johnstone Dr. T. L. Shipman Dr. J. H. Sterner N22149