Dear Elsie:

Ever shce your letter arrived, I have been adamant that I would
       1 also feel strongly that the literature is being

agree to NO M(RE WRIT1'EpJ PAPERS.
due and not written.
cluttered up by the saet infomation re-written for this and that journal.
I think that eve

one by Peckhue and King and another by Mellfn.  Why another? .. which vill,
for the most part, quote them.

1 am fuming now about a couple that am

paper should contain some definitely new material.

Obstetficians + YB access to two good recent articles on Drugs in Pregnancy -

After this tirade, let's explore the other tack.  The Table of Contents

of your proposed vohne looks good, with several new authors to write for the
obstetricians.  If I dontt agree to write the article on The Drug Problem,
scm38oTp8 else will, for it should be included in a volume of teratogenesis.
Thank you fur including me in the Ust of proposed authors, far indeed I
would like The National Foundation to be represented in thfs volume.  Mnally,
I an about to consult with you about part of our f'uture program, so I'd better

play ban!

So O.K.

I'll do it but it will probably be less than ten gdnted

pages, thus allowing saneone else to extend himself.

With best wishes.

Sincerely yours,

Virginia Apgar, H.D., N.P.H.
  Director, Divierim of
Congenital Malfomaticms