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F e b ru a ry 1 0 , 1-9kk- 19 D r. II. P. H a rt 501 Ohio M erchants * B ld g . M a ssillo n , Ohio ^, /.. - 1 Dear D octor H art: I have r e c e n tly exam ined Mr. a n e g ro m ale o f 50 ho i s an em ployee o f th e S ta n d a rd O il Company o f K e n tu ck y . He was u n d e r y o u r c a r e i n A p r i l , 194-3* a t w hich tim e you a r e q u o te d a s s a y in g t h a t he h a d some e v id e n ce o f Fb p o is o n in g . I am e n c l o s i n g a copy o f my e x a m in a tio n . We do n o t f e e l th a t h is p re s e n t sym ptom atology and h is t o ta l d i s a b i l i t y a re on a b a s is o f le a d in to x ic a tio n . However, the re c e n t blood lead le v e ls are above the norm al lim its . S h is f i n d i n g , i f c o n fir m e d , s u g g e s t s some r e c e n t e x p o s u r e , b ecause the b lo o d le a d f a l l s to norm al a few months f o llo w in g c e s s a t i o n o f e x p o s u re , no m a tte r how s e v e re t h i s e x p o s u re may h a v e b e e n . S in ce i t i s o f g r e a t im p o rta n c e to Mr. W illiam s and to th e company to have the q u e stio n o f p o s s ib le lea d p o iso n in g s e t t l e d , i t would be o f v a lu e to them to have th ese blood and u rin e stu d ie s rep e ate d . I f you are w illin g to p r o c u r e t h e s e sa m p le s f o r u s , we w i l l sen d you im m e d ia te ly the n ecessary le a d -fre e n eed les and te s t-tu b e s fo r c o lle c tin g the sam ples. I f you have any fu r th e r su g g estio n s in reg ard to th e n a tu r e o f Mr. i l l n e s s , we w ould be g la d to h e ar o f them. Very tr u ly y o u rs, HWR:rms E nel. Hen r y W. H y d e r, M. D. KE 0016299