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FRANCIS M. RACKEMANN, M. D. 
263 BEACON STREET, BOSTON 17 
November 16, 1927 
Prof. Merritt L. Fernald, 
14 Hawthorne Street, 
C ambridge, Mas s. 
Dear Dr. Fernald: 
Last summer I had a patient whose home is in 
Melbourne, Australia. She came to me with marked ecze¬ 
ma on the exposed surfaces - face, hands, and ankles, 
which she felt sure was originally caused by a particu¬ 
lar plant which grows around her house in Australia. 
Now that she has returned home, she writes me to 
confirm her own impression, for she was pretty well while 
traveling about this country and across the Pacific, only 
to have more trouble soon after getting home again. She 
has enclosed to me this small sample of the plant, and I 
in turn pass it on to you. Perhaps you can tell me what 
it is. I would bo interested to know whether it is a 
small plant or a shrub, and whether the season of pollen- 
ation is long or short. Such information would help 
materially in giving my patient definite advice for the 
future. 
Any help you can give me in this matter will be 
very much appreciated. 
Yours sincerely, 
ftr/lac 
