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April 14, 1926.
Dr. llugh Mackay,
215 MeIntyre Block,
Winnipeg,
Man. Can.
Dear Dr. Mackay:
In rather a short time now, I expect there will be
published in one of the prominent medical journals a report of the
investigation into the situation mentioned in your letter of the
6th.
It seems to me that the publicity in this case has been
inspired and is probably not scientific.
When this article appears, I shall be glad to send you a
copy.
While I do not know the final contents now, it is my belief
that
scientific investigation will explode the whole scandal that has
been broadcast.
I have reference to the A. M. A. Directory, and form your own
In the meantime, you might check up some of the authors, you current
conclusions.
It is my guess that from eighty to ninety per cent of the
activating agencies used in luminous material in this country is radium.
On the other hand, that used abroad, I believe, is almost exclusively
mesothorium or its decay products. In other words, the situation
is
similar to the intravenous use of radioactive elements. In the United
States we use, so far as I know, radium exclusively. Abroad the work
is founded, I am told, to a very large degree on mesothoriume
Yours truly,
President.
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