Letters Received to H.H. Barker, May 3, 1929

DEPARTMENT OF BACTERIOLOGY CORNELL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE FIRST AVENUE AND 28TH STREET NEW YORK CITY MAY 4 1929 May 3, , 1929. Mr. H.H. Barker, United States Radium Corp., 535 Pearl Street, New York City. My dear Mr. Barker: There are various inaccuracies in the bills sent by Dr. Humphries. You gain this much in the duplicate bill, that the services include April 9th, whereas in the other they ran to January 26th. I do not see how I can contest the bill, but I think you might well do so. As chairman, I can only approve in general of Dr. Humphries services. The situation reveals how unsatisfactory the present arrangement is. I have taken up with Dr. Krumbhaar the matter of changing our relations with these patients, but he has not yet replied. Dr. Humphries tells me that Mrs. MacDonald is suffering some acute exacerbation and I authorized him to put her in the Orange Hospital. I will discuss with Dr. Craver the plan of having any further hospital treatment carried out in New York under his supervisi on where we can be sure that the charges are proper. Sincerely yours, James Ewing. 1