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Muy 27* 1939 Dr. Sidn ey McCurdy Su per visor o f Medical Section The Ohio In d u st r ial Commission Columbus, Ohio Dear Doctor McCurdy1 At th e r equ est o f Dr. Anthony Matu sh a, I v i sit e d and l a t e r examined a t my labors.tory th e above claim an t. Dr. Matuska had come t o th e con elu sio n t h at t h is man was not respon din g t o treatm en t and t h at th e con d it ion s under which he was liv in g were in p ar t r esp on sib le fo r th e d elay in h is recovery. As you w ill se e from my report# I am not alt o ge t h e r cer t ain t h at t h i s was, th e e ase , I am r at h e r d isp osed to b elieve th at t h is man had some slig h t n e u r it is a t th e time o f h is o r igin al illn e ss# and t h at h is presen t d isa b ilit y i s in p ar t an exten sion o f th original n e u r it is due t o r at h e r ; slow development p lu s a ce r t ain amount o f fle x o r con t r act u r e, as a r e sid u a l, in any case X fe e l t h at th er e I s very l i t t l e doubt t h at th e background o f t h is manfs d isa b ilit y I s a severe le ad exposure in the cou rse o f h is occupation .* I am sen din g you h erew ith my r op er s on th e c ase . As I hve in d icated# X f e l t i t n ecessar y in h is in t e r e st to arran ge fo r h is adm ission t o th e Cin cin n ati Gen eral H osp it al fo r prompt m edical care and ob ser vat ion . So doubt you w ill have fu r t h er r ep or t s from th e m edical s t a f f o f th e General H osp it al on h is case . I sh a ll make I t s poin t t o see him and t o con tribu te any th in g I can t o h is Car e, but X have no r e sp o n sib ilit y sin ce X a s not a member o f th e Department o f In t er n al Medicine under whose care he now i s . r my se r v ice s X en close herewith a b i l l fo r Very t r u ly yours# RAKfis Robert AICeho# M.D. KP 0016455 O.B. 17057 Eagle PIch er Lead Company 5-20-39 ` Examination, co n sist in g o f gen eral ph ysical and cu r sor y ae u r t ogio al examintIon * m icroscopic "blood exam in ation In cludin g enumeration of eryth r ocyt es and leu cocytes and d iffe r e n t ial leucocyte count* determination of hemaglohin and count o f st ip p le d er yt h r ocyt es, clin ical u r in aly sis* determination of lead con ten t of blood and urin e . . . . . . . . . . . 4o 00 VE 0016456 $ ^0 00