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LIFE EXTENSION INSTITUTE, Inc.
25 West Forty-Third Street
New York
March 11, 1924
Mr. H. B. Viedt
Vice President, U.S. Radium Corp.
422 Alden St.
Orange, N. J.
My dear Mr. Viedt:
We are forwarding the reports on your employees
who were examined at this office. Of course they all show some
pathology and departures from the normal. The conditions found
vary widely and there was no evidence of the influence of any
particular metallic poisoning. For example, one young woman
has almost perfect teeth and low blood pressure. Another has
some mouth infection plainly due to the fact that the teeth have
been devitalized, the usual form of foot infection not reflecting
any metallic poisoning. In this case the blood pressure ran
somewhat high. Another case showed a loss in weight, mouth in-
fection, and a some hat high blood pressure. All of these cases
show a certain degree of anemia, which is a common finding among
all industrial and commercial women employees.
In the case ofMiss Vera Eldridge, the loss in weight
is not fully explainable by any of the conditions found, and I
have suggested an x-ray of the chest and a special examination
of the feces, and some other follow up tests. I think that it
would be wise to arrange at least for an x-ray of the chest and
examination of the feces in order to secure as definite information
as possible regarding the loss in weight.
In a word, these cases, as far as we have gone, just
show the ordinary range of human troubles and do not reflect
any specific occupation influence.
*
Sincerely yours,
(Signed) Eugene L. Fisk, M.D.
Medical Director
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"ocrText": "COPY\nLIFE EXTENSION INSTITUTE, Inc.\n25 West Forty-Third Street\nNew York\nMarch 11, 1924\nMr. H. B. Viedt\nVice President, U.S. Radium Corp.\n422 Alden St.\nOrange, N. J.\nMy dear Mr. Viedt:\nWe are forwarding the reports on your employees\nwho were examined at this office. Of course they all show some\npathology and departures from the normal. The conditions found\nvary widely and there was no evidence of the influence of any\nparticular metallic poisoning. For example, one young woman\nhas almost perfect teeth and low blood pressure. Another has\nsome mouth infection plainly due to the fact that the teeth have\nbeen devitalized, the usual form of foot infection not reflecting\nany metallic poisoning. In this case the blood pressure ran\nsomewhat high. Another case showed a loss in weight, mouth in-\nfection, and a some hat high blood pressure. All of these cases\nshow a certain degree of anemia, which is a common finding among\nall industrial and commercial women employees.\nIn the case ofMiss Vera Eldridge, the loss in weight\nis not fully explainable by any of the conditions found, and I\nhave suggested an x-ray of the chest and a special examination\nof the feces, and some other follow up tests. I think that it\nwould be wise to arrange at least for an x-ray of the chest and\nexamination of the feces in order to secure as definite information\nas possible regarding the loss in weight.\nIn a word, these cases, as far as we have gone, just\nshow the ordinary range of human troubles and do not reflect\nany specific occupation influence.\n*\nSincerely yours,\n(Signed) Eugene L. Fisk, M.D.\nMedical Director"
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