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*v ELSTON L. BELKNAP, M. D. 231 WEST WISCONSIN AVENUE MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN S e p t. 30 1939 D r. R obert" Kehoe K etterin g L aboratories Gin inna, t i , oni o . ia iso n , V/is. Dear D r. Kehoe: B i l l to go to Hardware M utual C a su alty Co. 110 E, Main S t. M adison, W is. I called your lab o rato ry yesterday afternoon in d e s p e r a tio n hoping to a s k you i f you would be good enough to do a b lo o d l e a d on an in s u r a n c e c a s e w h ic h h a d come up s u d d e n ly . I n your absence, one of your a ss o c ia te s was good enough to send on th e sp e c ia l needle and tubes fo r c o lle c tin g blood and u rin e , fhey a r riv e d by a i r m ail t h i s m orning and I have c o lle c te d th e sam ples. I f , when th e s e a r r i v e , you do n o t f e e l i t a d v is a b le to have your la b o ra to ry determ ine the blood and u rin e le a d , I would be g la d i f you w ould send them to any com m ercial la b o ra to ry i n whom you have c o n fid e n c e f o r t h i s ty p e o f w o rk . I , o f c o u r s e , w ould m u c h - p r e f e r y o u r own l a b o r a t o r y p e rf o r m in g t h e t e s t . I f .. th a t does not f i t in w ith your e sta b lish e d p o lic y , I w ill be glad t o a g r e e t o any o t h e r m ethod o f a p p ro a c h t h a t you s u g g e s t . I am e n c lo s in g a copy of th e b r i e f summary of t h i s case w hich I a ls o sen t w ith the specim ens. Phis is another case of Dr. E o selk a's s u g g e s tin g to a p h y s i c ia n t h a t a man m ig h t h a v e . le a d p o is o n in g m erely on th e b a s is of what he c o n sid ers abnorm al la b o ra to ry f in d in g s , I f he had n o t p u t so much s t r e s s on th e b lo o d le a d in t h i s p a r t i c u l a r c a s e , I w ould have been tem p ted to f i g h t i t o u t on th e b a sis of u rin e lead values alone to g e th e r w ith our o th er negative c lin ic a l fin d in g s. I took p a rtic u la r care to c o lle c t the blood m yself fo llo w in g m in u tely the p rin te d in s tr u c tio n s which your a s s o c ia te s e n t to u s . I am i n c l i n e d t o d o u b t t h a t D r. K o selk a to o k s i m i l a r p re caut io n s. Y our a s s o c i a t e t e l l s me t h a t you have had t h e s e n e e d le s made y o u r s e l f . I w onder i f s i m il a r n e e d le s a re o b ta in a b le on th e m a rk e t o r j u s t how we m ig h t go a b o u t o b t a i n i n g th e m . I f t h i s P h .D . li -z e lk a i s 'g o i n g t o c o n tin u e m aking su c h c la im s , we may be f o r c e d to d o in g b lo o d le a d s in s e l f - p r o t e c t i o n even th o u g h I b e lie v e w ith you t h a t th e u rin e le a d r e a l ly g iv e s u s more i n f o r m a t i o n . I t may w e l l b e , t h e r e f o r e , t h a t we w i l l ta k e a d v a n ta g e o f y o u r g e n e ro u s o f f e r and send o u r c h e m ist down to your. l a b o r a to r y fo r a week o r tw o of a c tu a l work w ith your m ethods. I was g la d to r e c e iv e y o u r l e t t e r some tim e ago s a y - K 0016631 ELSTON L. BELKNAP, M. D. O in g th a t you had enjoyed th e tim e sp e n t h ere in M ilwaukee in c lu d in g t h e i n t e r l u d e w ith my w if e a n d c h i l d r e n . . Thanking you fo r a tte n d in g to t h is p a r tic u la r prohlera in t h i s p a r t i c u l a r case' and a ssu rin g , you th a t 1 s h a l l endeavor n o t t o im pose Upon you, 'f u r t h e r i n su c h a' sudden m anner,' I am BL3: iv C ordially yours, ' ^ 'ft S is to n L. Belknap M.D. K 0016632