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I am enclosing orie j_nal and duplicate of report made
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Nilsson on Ang 01lo Grelli examined in Dro Nilsson's

office., Oma...h.a., on Nove mber 11-cho
In conversation with Dro 'Nilsson. 9 h e advi s es me t hat
in his opinion ii f,Ir o Grelli is not a malingerer and. ·with out
doubt, the acc:i,.dent; he experienc ed a ggrava ted h is troubleo
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Mro Eu.gene _McAuliffe,

Mr. Angelo Grel~i. age 33, Coal Miner. Rock Springs. Wyoming,
in service 1 year, was examined at my office November 11

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gave me the following h~story:
He had an operation for appendicitis two years a go in Italy.
His present complaint is continuous pain in back except when quieto
He alleges that this pain is due to an accident that he received on
May 41&gt; 1931, while working as timberman in Rock Springs Coal Mine Noo8.
He was struck ·on the shoulder by a rock 1·rom the roof.

He was taken

to The Wyoming General Hospital where he was treated by Dr. Arbograst
for one month.
Examination of chest and spine by x-ray shO'Ned the following:
"Chest: Some enlargement of peri bronchial glands. Some
infiltration toward the bases more markea right side with
some extending toward the apices. Apices clear. No. ToBo
"Entire Spine: Cervical spine: negativeo Dorsal spine lies
diagonally from above downward to the left with slight curvature ·to , the right in the upper dorsal, and to the left in
the middle dorsal and to the right again in the lower dorsalo
Lumbar spine shows a marked curvature to the left with deformity of all the bodies. No x-ray evidence of tuberculous
destruction of the vertebral bodies. Slight lipping of the
lower dorsal arul all the lumbar vert ebrao"
His urinalysis was as follows:
"Clear, amber, Sp.Gv. l'.ll9, acid, no albumen, no sugar.
Microscopical negative."
Examination of his blood was as follows:

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Hemoglobin 90%
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Mononuclears Large 4%
Lymphocytes 33%
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Mr. Angelo Grelli is suffering from a

Rotatory Lateral Curvature of the spine together with an Arthritis
of the Lower Dorsal and all the Lumbar Vertebrae.

There was no

evidence of Tuberculosis of lungs or spine.
In my opinion, it is possible tha t an injury to his back
has probably aggravated an old arthritis of his spine which predated
his injury.

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E~ene ~c Auliffe
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Angelo Grelli l eaviri.g h er e to nig ht on T\'Tenty reporting your o f fice
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3eptember 29, 1931

Mr. G. B. Pryde,
Vice President and General Mana ger ,
The Union Pacific aoal Company ,
Rock Springs, Wyoming.
Dear Sir:

~r. E. McAuliffe handed me a series of x-ray
plates taken or Mr. Angelo Grelli desiring an opinion as
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was
tubercular.

Befo r e gi v ing an opinion I would like to see
stereoscopic l a teral of spine as well as ster eoscopic of
chest.
Yours truly,

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Octob~r 9th,193lo

He rev1i th X-ray plates requested
by Dro Nilsson in h is lett8r of Sept19:n.o er 29th,

we hRd considerable diffifulty in getting good
plates but think that he can s0lect some from
this lot that will answer his purp oseo
Dro Nilsson's lett~r return~d
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et,cJron nr. John ~. Hilaoon, rocnrdiflC X-NJY pl nt oo
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Referring to your letter of September 14th regarding the
x~ray plates taken for An~elo Grelli:
. I have passed these plates to Dro Nilsson with the request
that he make a study of sameo

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of X•Rny plntoa t~Gn of -n:~elo Grclli .

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�Tiock Springs, Wyoming.
September 14th, 19 31.
JJI•, George B. Pryde:

Here\'lith the s cries of X-Ray plates of nhich I spoke to
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Hr . l\icAulii'i'o y;h en he rn.w hore, ni1d -r1oulcl l:i.l~ o v ery rmch to ho.vs

Ur. Niloso n 'o opinion o.o t o the possibility of t he 3ubject bei112;
Ji;ubercula r.

Tho follo , .d ng i o Pcr sono.1 Reco r d of t h e r;orkr.ian nho is
the sub ject of t ho s e pl o:to::i:
Heme, .1\nr:;elo Gr-olli; Ifot i onclit y . Itr.iJ.io.nj Date o f Bi rth ,
August 22ml, 1898; Uc r ried - l child ; I::nt ored t he eru-ploy of -~hio
compo.ny at Our:lberlnnd !lines on 1 1ovembe:t 1s t, 1922; t r a noi'orred
-'lio Tiock Sprinzs Ui nea July 28-~h, 1930 ;

Occup~Uo n , '.i.'irab0z-r,1a n .

Hi :Jtox-y of previo uo injury \7h:1.lo i n t he employ o i' thio company~ None;

Hiot ory of seri ow:; illneso ,,hilo i n t ho Gmploy o:f this co n1Ku1y , l!one.

1~-t .h doy of r:c.y 19 31 , :i.n ·1;h0 fo l!orr.1. nc ma.rmer ;

~-:as c o.r1yit1c t i mbor

up u ohov el plo.c o Y,hcn r, pi.ac e of roclr foll fron bot i.-:0cu c_o 1,s be.rs
:::nd s J.;rucl: hi u:1 on tho oho uld el."'o r1.nd back .

'i.'ho \'Iorlman clo.im.: t hnt

he ,:m.s int Glis htl y s tooped position uhon th0 ro cl: otruclc hi.1!1 0

After boi l'l{; i n jur €tl -::orlmnn ·c::is removed to t he \iy omil-16 G 0110 r al

or d ered ne;~tension r__nc1 res~.; 11 •

l'.'o rlman conplnincd of c. ctea.dy pa in

i n the bnck , and :tno.bility io st and erect ,·,i thout i ncrcus o of pain
nnd 0.uch futirsue.

A body cast ,;ms cn plied 0.nd r:h ile \'.'() r bnn "0aa

vonrl11,.., thio cast he e;"p orienoecl sooo relief from pnin but ti:red
very easily.

&lt;::hen this cast \:as reraoved ~.-10rlcr~n claimed tho.t there

uo.s no inprovomont iu his condition.

A n0,1 c us·t \'J0.0 th0n o.ppliod

but the uorltrnan 110u claims tho.t his condition is uors e then at any

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time sinoe tho injury mid that the 1&gt;0.in seems to be constant and
oontinuo.lly i110 reo..oinz in the region of tho fourth Md fifth
lumbar ver~ obro.e.
ICel'm a11d Hinto n t oots by Hock Springs Bio-Chomicu1
Laboratory, J.legative.
Vo11 Pirquot ter.rt by H, J. }.rbo gnst, "

Positive.

D., &gt;.'.&gt;ck Spri11gs,

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