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Dr . Donal d E. Cummi ngs Uni ver si t y Col or ado School of Medi ci ne h200 B. Ni nt h St r eet
Denver , Col or ado
Dear Don:
I am wr i t i ng t o t hank you f or your cour t esi es t o me whi l e I was i n Denver , and t o br i ng you up- t o- dat e i n so f ar as our act i vi t i es ar e concer ned.
Af t er my r et ur n t o Ci nci nnat i , Dr . Kehoe and I went t o ' Ar &shi ngi on and di scussed t he ent i r e mat t er of t he
Denver pl ar i t wi t h Dr s. Thompson and Seal . They wer e ver y def i ni t el y i nt er est ed i n t he af f ai r and f el t t ha t r egar d l ess of pat ent or consi der at i ons t hat mi ght he ent ai l ed, i t was t i me t hat some r ecommendat i ons f or codes f or pl ant s of t hi s t ype be pr omul gat ed.
We put t hem i n possessi on of al l of t he i nf or mat i on t hat we had and t hey ar e now i n t he pr ocess of get t i ng t hi s t oget her t o f or war d t o t he Publ i c Heal t h and
I ndust r i al | Hygi ene peopl e i n Col or ado as wel l as ot her st at es.
The anal yt i cal f i ndi ngs on t hese men say be of some i nt er est t o you and I am t abul at i ng t heE bel ow f cr your i nf or mat i on.
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Dr . Donal d B. Cummi ngs - ( 2) - Mar ch U-, 19* H
_The spot sampl e of 65 oc t hat was obt ai ned f r om
was got t en t he day bef or e he t ook of f i nt o
vi ol ent i f cani a and i s t he hi ghest r esul t t hat we have
ever obt ai ned f r om oases of t hi s t ype. Thr ee l ar ge
sampl es Of a l i t t l e over 2 l i t er s each col l ect ed
over a per i od of some days, cont ai ned i n t he nei gh
bor hood of 2 mi l l i gr ams per l i t er , al l of whi ch i s
qui t e consi st ent wi t h t he sympt oms and physi cal
f i ndi ngsl i n hi s o a s e ^ Of e s p e c i a l i nt er est i s t he
hi gh r esul t
Thi s pat i ent was one
of t he men wh o ^ s Bi Sf e c n ^ x h e devel opment of t he
pl ant and on t he basi s of t he hi st or y t hat he gave me, ha
had no exposur e f or t wo weeks pr ecedi ng my exami nat i on.
However , t he magni t ude of hi n excr et i on, namel y, 2
mi l l i gr ams per l i t er , i ndi cat es qui t e cl ear l y t hat
he had r ecent sever e exposur e and our physi cal f i ndi ngs
at t he t i me of t he exami nat i on wer e consi st ent wi t h
t hat f i ndi ng, We obt ai ned onl y one spi nal f l ui d sampl e
f r om
Thi s cont ai ned O. OOh mi l l i gr ams of l ead
per 100 co, and i s not el evat ed above nor mal l i mi t s
t o near t he degr ee t hat t he ur i nar y and bl ood f i ndi ngs
wer e. Thi s i s l i ke our f i ndi ngs i n ot her oases.
Dr . Kehoe wi shes t o be r emember ed most ki ndl y t o you,
I woul d appr eci at e your passi ng al ong t he above i nf or mat i on t o Ed Mugr age f or hi s benef i t .
Pl ease r emember me most ki ndl y t o your associ at es and bel i eve me,
Cor di al l y your s,
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Wi l l ar d ^aohl e, M. i>.
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