The C. Everett Koop Papers

Title:

Letter from Leo Freihofer to C. Everett Koop

Description:

Item is handwritten. Item is a photocopy.

Number of Image Pages:

1 (83,501 Bytes)

Date:

1982-12-01 (December 1, 1982)

Creator:

Freihofer, Leo

Recipient:

Koop, C. Everett

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of Leo Freihofer.

Subject:

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):: Video Games; Obsessive Behavior

Exhibit Category:

Reproduction and Family Health

Relation:

Letter from C. Everett Koop to Leo Freihofer (February 16, 1983)

Box Number: 20

Folder Number: 4

Unique Identifier:

QQBCQN

Document Type:

Letters (correspondence)

Language:

English

Format:

application/pdf

image/tif

Physical Condition:

Good

Series: Sequential Files

SubSeries: November 1982

Folder: Video games, 1982 Nov-1983 Jun

Transcript:

Dear Surgeon General,

Hello, my name is Leo Freidhofer. I'm hooked on video games. I tried to quit lots of times, but I couldn't. I tried by just buying the table-top Pac-Man, but that wasn't enough. The video games are almost everywhere! When I see one I just have to play it. I hate them! They just eat up my money. My father just doesn't understand what I'm going through. I think nobody does who isn't on video games. It's just ripping me and my father apart, and my mother a bit. My mother and sister smoke, but I don't. I liked Pac-Man, Donkey Kong and lots of others. Now I'm hooked on Zaxxon (It's a 3-D video game). Please help me! I also like computers. I want to buy an Atari 800 or Colecovision in the near future. This is the first time I told anybody this. If you have any helpful hints, can you tell me?

Truly Yours,

Leo Freihofer

Metadata Last Modified Date:

2005-08-03

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