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�n� OCT 2 01982. 6 cigarette smoke, but could include anything that has an odor, or out -gases - anything that is volatile. Dr. Feldman added that we all could relate to the problem that people have being around melaleuca - it was not the pollen, but the odor of the blossoms that bother people. He added that this included changes in personality, temperament, disposition, mood, the ability to perform a certain task, as well as the ability to concentrate. Yet, those are things you cannot see. Dr. Feldman commented that when you see someone sneezing, blowing his nose and rubbing his eyes, you know he is reacting, as there is something to see that you can believe. In_the cases being considered today for the Judge and his.Judicial Assistant, the symptoms, for the most part, are not things that can be seen. Dr. Feldman noticed today that the Judge was not "with it." Before coming to the meeting, they were having a discussion at his office in the Welfare Building; `the Judge had a reaction to the photocopy paper of the Doctor's curriculum vitae. The Doctor detected -confusion and slurred speech by the Judge, and a neurologist would say that the person was Ihaving a stroke, but it was from inhaling the fumes from the photocopy paper. Dr. Feldman asked to see the room where the Judge would conduct court and he smelled paint as he approached the second floor; the Judge advised that the painting had been done a month ago. The Doctor noticed an ashtray on the table in the deposition room but there was not one fan in the room for venillation. He continued that there was no way that anybody could sit in the closed block cube-' cell-like arrangement of the room and not be exposed to the odors that would permeate the air from the cigarette smoke, perfume, hair spray, and aftershave lotion. Dr. Feldman pointed out that ventilation was an intricate part of handling a patient who was sensitive to so many odors, which could arise from carpeting, draperies, wallpaper, and