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    "ocrText": "September 4, 1942\nDr. Paul B. Beeson\nAssistant Professor of Medicine\nEmory University School of Medicine\n50 Armstrong Street\nAtlanta, Georgia\nMy dear Dr. Beeson:\nWould you be good enough to review the enclosed correspondence and\ngive us any additional information you can. I am attaching all informa-\ntion we have about the difficulty which Miss Loraine Smith had with her\neyes. Miss Smith has been accepted by the Army end, therefore, her eyes\nare both in good `condition at the present time. lie have asked for these\nletters for her files so that we may have the information in the event\nthat possible questions are raised at a future date. You submitted these\nstatements to our Supervisor of Insurance, who has commented as follows:\n\"I note that in neither Dr. Elder's letter to Dr. Beeson nor in\nDr. Beeson's letter of March 26, 1942, to Miss Madley, is any mention\nmade as to the origin of Miss Smith's eye trouble. I àlso notice that\nin Dr. Elder's letter to Doctor Beeson it is stated that Miss Smith had\na tissue cyst in her right eye, which he excised.\n\"If it is at all possible to do so at this time, I think it would\nbe very advisable to get from Miss Smith's doctor as specific a statement\nas possible as to the exect nature of her eye trouble and its origin.\n\"I. raise these questions because, should a claim later develop in\nthis case, I am quite sure the insurance company would require some evi-\ndence to show that Miss Smith's eye condition had its beginning while she\nwas actually in our overseas service and was not the sequela of some pre-\nvious eye trouble.\"\nVery sincerely yours,\nVirginia M. Dunbar\nAssistant Director\nNursing Service\nVD:fk\nINC."
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