When his wife, Medical School associate professor Vijak Mahdavi, was denied tenure last spring, she went toTosteson for an explanation, Nadal-Ginard wrote.

The dean, according to Nadal-Ginard, told herto search for a different job because "althoughshe had not done any wrong, it would be difficultnot to be tarred with the same brush asBernardo's."

In addition, the doctor wrote, "every member ofmy group who talked to me in person or by phonewas questioned and told by Lock that being incontact with me would jeopardize his/her career."

Nadal-Ginard has also alleged that two youngscientists in his lab were driven out because oftheir association with him.

One of them, Heinrich Leonhardt, received aninstructor appointment last spring, the doctorwrote. But on the same day, Lock sent Leonhardt aletter terminating his appointment. The statedreason was lack of funds, even though Leonhardthad just received a grant, Nadal-Ginard wrote.

Later, even after receiving full salary supportfrom Mahdavi, the two scientists were asked tovacate the laboratory. Their experiments weresubsequently vandalized, Nadal-Ginard charged.They have just filed a lawsuit against thehospital and Lock, the doctor wrote.

Nadal-Ginard himself has also been deniedaccess to his research and files, the doctorwrote. His office has been "ransacked" and hiscomputer files destroyed, according to the letter.

David Weiner, president of the Children'sHospital, testified in a court deposition lastspring that the locks to Nadal-Ginard's officewere changed as soon as the weekend after thedoctor took leave.

Weiner could not be reached for comment thisweek.

Finally, the doctor says that the BCHF hiredtwo different private investigator agencies towatch his home and follow himself and his family.

Laura Steinberg, Nadal-Ginard's attorney, saidin an interview this week that she played no rolein the drafting of the letter, and that the doctordid not consult her before releasing it