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May 2 9 , 1 9 3 5 .
D r. R o b ert A . Kehoe U n iv ersity of C in cin n ati C ollege of M edicine, C in cin n ati O hio.
My d e a r K e h o e :
I e n c lo s e a copy o f some c o rre sp o n d e n c e fro m o u r New Y o rk D i v i s i o n .
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ITHYL GASOLINE CORPORATION NEW YORK May 2 7 , 1 S 3 5 .
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You w ill r e c a l l o u r re c e n t c o n v e rsa tio n in B u ffalo i n -which I t o l d y ou a b o u t th e c u sto m e r o f th e S i n c l a i r R e f in in g C o. who b e lie v e s t h a t he i s s u f f e r i n g from, le a d p o is o n in g , c a u se d by lead tre a te d g a s o lin e . E nclosed is a l e t t e r w hich I j u s t rec e iv e d from M r. L is h , S in c la ir* s Com m ission A gent i n V vellsvil3.e, w hich i s s e lf ex p lan ato ry .
I do n 't know j u s t w hat our M edical D epartm ent w i l l c a re to do in t h i s m a tte r b u t I p la n to see M r. L ish a g a in tom orrow and w i l l g e t w hat f u r th e r in fo rm a tio n I can re g a rd in g th e m a tte r . As you su g g e ste d , I w ill t r y to o b ta in th e names o f th e p h y sic ia n s in R o ch ester who h av e b e e n h a n d in g t h i s c a s e and who h a v e b l a m e d th e c o n d itio n on our g a so lin e . N eedless to say , I w ill n o t see M r.flH r u n til I r e ceive in stru c tio n s to do so .
I s h a ll ad v ise you a t once o f any f u rth e r developm ents
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Very tr u ly y o u rs,
M. P . MURDOCK
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SINCLAIR REFINING COMPANY 205 E ast 42nd S tre e t New Y o rk C i t y
May 2 5 , 1 9 3 5 ,
M, P , M urdock 211 N orth F i r s t S t , , O lean, N. Y,
RE: N.Y.
Dear S ir:
I a g re e d t o w r ite t o you some tim e ago on th e c o n d itio n
o f M r, wt/g r e l a t i v e t o t h e l e a d p o i s o n i n g i n h i s s y s te m , I h a v e
made th e t h ir d c a l l a t h is re s id e n c e and Have found him to he o nly s l i g h t l y im p ro v e d . He i s u n a b le t o w a lk w ith o u t -the u s e o f c a in s
and b races on one leg and lik ew ise does n o t have any use of th e re
fle x e s in e ith e r le g below th e k n e e .
I co n v ersed w ith him a t seme le n g th re g a rd in g th e d ia g n o s is of th e R o ch ester d o c to r s . They i n s i s t t h a t i t i s th e le a d p o iso n in g 0 A fter co n sid erab le circum navigating around th e p o in t* I learn ed th a t ab o u t two y e a rs ago he burn ed a w et b a tte r y i n h is fu rn a c e and a t t h a t tim e h i s h o u se was f i l l e d w ith fu m e s . He d o es n o t la y t h e e n t i r e blam e to th is in c id e n t b u t th in k s t h a t fumes from g a so lin e in th e g arag e w ere more to blam e th a n th e above in c id e n t. I approached him n e x t from th e view p o in t t h a t p o s s ib ly y o u r s p e c ia l m e d ic al men c o u ld g iv e him some v a lu a b le in f o r m a tio n on tr e a tm e n t o f h i s c a s e i f i t w ere p re se n te d to them . I d id n o t p u t your company in a p o s itio n o f hav in g any o b lig a tio n s tow ard him b u t s a id t h a t p o s s ib ly th e y co u ld recommend some p o in t w here he c o u ld g e t tr e a tm e n t to b e t t e r a d v a n ta g e t h a n w h a t h e i s a t p r e s e n t r e c e i v i n g . He c a n n o t a f f o r d t o s t a y i n R ochester w here he is o b lig ed to pay n in e d o lla rs a day fo r h o s p ita l treatm en t.
In c a se y o u r company i s in te r e s te d I sh o u ld be g la d to accompany any o f your men to h is place
K indest re g a rd s.
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(S igned) R. A. L ish
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