Dear Doctor Kehoe: - Since the Commission has passed the Resolution requir ing quantitative lead urine determinations on all cases of acute lead poisoning which are' filed with us, we have been receiving numerous requests asking for the labor atory procedure of choice for making such determinations.

It is entitled, "Lead in Hair of Children with phronic Lead Poisoning," and it appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine, 276:949, 127 April, 1967).

Seer Sr* Kehoe, X hope 70a will not mind my writing: to yon again in connection with the estimetion of blood--Iced* The laboratory staff of the School of Public Health of the University of Sydney hare now become most interested in the problem of estimating the lead concentration in the blood of children suspected of -- or definitely known to hare -- lead poisoning*' " We hare attempted to improvise satisfactory equipment for the collecting of blood samples} bat so far hare not been very, successful* We feel it would perhaps be best to obtain some of the special collecting units, consisting of an evacuated tube and a special needle, as described in the brochure "Methods for Determining Lead in Air and in Biological Materials*, and which are, X imagine, what I hare myself used when X was a resident at the Cincinnati Children*s Hospital* Howcrer, on contacting the local agent of the Beeton, Dickinson Company, X am informed that a special import permit will hare to he secured and that it will not be possible to arrange this before April of this yssr* X sm therefore writing to ask, sir, if you, or one of your staff, would be good enough to let me know the technical name or description of the special collecting unit* X think X shall then be able to arrange for some friend of mine in the H.S.A. to send me out some of the units by sir-mail so that we can get on with the job without too much delay* I must apologise for worrying you again, sin, but shall be most grateful for your help* N22320

Smith: We have arrived at a cost of $900.00 to make the narration changes in the film "Lead Poisoning-The Hidden Epidemic" that you requested at our meeting July 25.

Washington, New Jersey Dear Miss Kinek: I'm sorry not to have had time to write up the cases of lead poisoning which resulted from the use of the pottery table ware last summer, together with the pertinent supplementary information.

did net ho.ve load poisoning in. rsy opinion -he physician and I not it all settled that the exposure to ethyl gas had nothin" to do --ith the case.

^ - Dear Hr, Roberts ' This is t acknowledge receipt of your letter of August 12th addressed to Dr* Kehoe* As Dr* Kehoe will be out of the city for some seeks and since you seem anxious to hare some word from him I am taking the liberty of replying to you* In so far as your request for a deposition on precautions in lead plants Is concerned* I a m afraid that it will not be possible for you to get Dr* Kehoe* or anyone else* to issue any ex cathedra state ment3 which might in any way apply to your case* Precautions vary widely* depending upon the degree of exposure to lead in the plant* Protective devices which are adequate in one situation could be considered inadequate in another* the same holding true of medical supervision and routine exami nation* It would seem* therefore* that for one to arrive at'anil opinion on the case which y o u now have* it would be necessary for him to visit the plant* inspect the facilities* and also carry out the necessary studies on the plaintiff to establish if he is suffering from lead poisoning* Very truly yours* WPMsis- \ Willard F*''Machie* a#D* N6232 Abe L.Eobeet s AiiOBNETA.TLaw COMMERCE TITLE BUILDING PHONES -0557- 6* 0558 Me mph is , Tenn.

Gehrmann: In the last three years twenty-two Baltimore children have died of lead poisoning.

Two new cases of alleged lead poisoning in children had come to the School in the past week.

Two new cases of alleged lead poisoning in children had cone to the School in the past week.

The range of urinary values from 0.09 to O.IJ4. among these men correspond to a situation In which lead poisoning would not be expected to occur frequently, but might occur.

This approach to the treatment of lead poisoning is an extremely interesting one.

The taste is for white or pastel colored paint and these shades not being procurable in roofing paints the question arises of the danger of lead poisoning present in outside white paint.

The characteristic fea tures of acute arsine poisoning are abdominal pain, bloody urine, and jaundice.

The charact erist ic f ea tures of acute arsine poisoning are abdominal pain, bloody urine, and jaundice.