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/ .. 1.2 uh..X.e oem.bep,...... PPPhr Dr. Hobart A. Kehoe, K ettering Laboratory, College of Medicine, O in c in a tti, Ohio, II. 0, A. Lear Doctor Eehoe, ' In answer to your r e o u e s t , I an s u b m ittin g h e r e t r it h a copy o f my a r t i c l e "The L e a d C o n t e n t o f `i T o m a l ' U r i n e . !f The a r t i c l e v/as desig n ed to warn in e x p e rie n c e d m ed ical p r a c t i t i o n e r s a g a in s t a c c e p tin g so-called normals fo r lead in urine as being path o lo g ically in s i g n i f i c a n t and th u s e lim in a tin g the n e c e s s ity f o r any f u r t h e r exam ination f o r l e ad i n t o x i e a t i o n . The follow ing le a d -u rin e r e s u lts were obtained from tw en ty -fiv e o f f i c e r s o f the Departm ent o f H3.nlt h , B r is b a n e . . head - Milligram per l itr e of urine iio. o f c ase s L e s s t h a n 01 4 t h e 3 r i cb an e conmun i t y . under treatm ent in Brisbane. 01 . 02 -.-0J5 04 jOg *o6 .07 2 8 252 11 as ty p ical of a cro s s -seetio n of in e d f rom a l e a d p o i son in g c a s e Date Lead in Urine' 5.6.44 3.7.44 2. 8 .4 4 2 5 . 344 1.11.44 2. 11.44 27. 11..44 ." *36 18 ) *25 \! 30 10*8 11 *2 2-4 ) i K1 Before treatm ent /ifter treatm ent by p riv a te practitioner Af t e r ho s oi t a 1 t r e a tm e nt I am a l s o s e n d i n g you a c o p y e a c h o f t h e m eth o d u s e d by t h i s L ab o rato ry f o r the d e te rm in a tio n o f lea d in u rin e and form of c e r t i f i d eate issued to medical p ra c titio n e rs . N14019 HE 0012326 You r s f a i t h f u 11 y . a Vw^lrvi Ci-o y e m i n e n t .A n a l y s t and