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In your le tte r you inquired as to the asp e c t of lead poisoning in which we w ere interested.

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Dero by telephone, and he says that in his opinion Hr. lead poisoning.

There have been other complaints from time to time of lead poisoning.

I have never seen foot drop in lead poisoning in the adult.

If lead poisoning manifests itself other ways, I want to know that, too.

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Children entering the Cook Comity Hospital with-such complaints are viewed with suspicion of lead poisoning unless proven other wise. 5.

INDUSTRIAL LEAD POISONING Due to widespread lack o f knowledge in the medical profession o f the causes and diagnosis o f lead poison in g, as w ell as the fa c t that i t is not a reportable disease and the facto r o f deliberate ^covering up, u no useful estimate o f i t s prevalence in the adult population is p o ssib le .

Four principal conclusions may be drawn from .this study* The first is that while it is possible for seme men to work in the booth for months without developing lead poisoning, it does not seem possible to so work without absorbing significant amounts 'Of lead* The second is that men, with routine protection, may develop acute lead poisoning in as short a.period as two months.

; Our final diagnosis is: (l) Peripheral neuritis: (2) like ly lead poisoning.

Rather what we have been attempting to do is to show the level of lead absorptions which result in lead poisoning.

I refer you further to the booklet "Occupational Lead Exposure and Lead Poisoning, " a report prepared by the Committee on Lead Poisoning of the Industrial Hygiene Section of the American Public Health Association in 1943, of which I had the honor to be the chairman.

SealAS Y OP UK 1M AST IN L POISONING The urinary changes in lead poisoning are a?