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December 22nd,1930.
Dr. Herman Schlundt,
University of Missouri,
Columbia, No.
Dear Dr. Schlundt:
Your letter addressed to my home, giving
some of the results reported to you by Dr. Flinn, has been
received. Also I may say that Dr. Flinn sent me a copy
of the letter which he addressed to you, but I must admit
I had not read this letter over carefully up to the time of
receiving your comments.
Apparently Dr. Flinn has no data, or at
least did not submit any data of the expired air tests con-
ducted upon this girl prior to the administration of his
treatment. We are, therefore, not in a position to compare
the expired air test after treatment and before. However,
from the gamma ray test of the patient it is quite reasonable
to assume that the expired air would not disclose any such
amount as 600 micrograms of radium being deposited in the
system. Neither can I subscribe to the fact that by this
treatment of any other treatment would it be possible to
obtain such a large natural drift as Dr. Flinn has on a
patient normally containing a reasonable amount, say 10 to
20 micrograms of radium element. I, therefore, feel that
there must have been some error introduced into this work
which Dr. Flinn has not taken into consideration.
In his letter addressed to you he cites
some three other cases, one of which only discloses any
unreasonable amount of radon in the expired air, the other
two cases are quite normal and apparently present a picture
more or less as it should be.
I may say that Dr. Craber had a conference
with Dr. Flinn relative to his method of treating these
patients, where he claims to have gotten such favorable results
and Dr. Craver has on more than one occasion indicated that
Dr. Flinn was very indofinite regarding what was done, and
apparently equally indefinite as to the results obtained.
Dr. Craver seemed to feel that Dr. Flinn's work really lacked
a true scientific aspect, and therefore, in the four cases
now being treated he is carrying the thing out very methodic-
ally and on a very much more systematic basis than Dr. Flinn
has ever conducted his work. I am looking forward to the
end resultsof this investigation with considerable anticipa-
tion, for in my opinion it may serve to clear up some of
these anomalous situations of which we are hearing.
I am herewith quoting one paragraph from a letter
received from Dr. Flinn after the publication of our article
"Referring to a remark in your paper concerning
calcium metabolism I might say that in eliminating
metals from the body you do not get a correspond-
ing elimination of calcium. What seems to effect
calcium metabolism also effect the metals. The
parathormone is used in lead poisoning cases where
it acts similarly to the manner that it does
with radium. Just now I am trying an easier
method and am sending some figures to Dr. Schlundt
for his comments.¹
Sincerely yours,
Vice President.
HHBarker:RH
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"ocrText": "December 22nd,1930.\nDr. Herman Schlundt,\nUniversity of Missouri,\nColumbia, No.\nDear Dr. Schlundt:\nYour letter addressed to my home, giving\nsome of the results reported to you by Dr. Flinn, has been\nreceived. Also I may say that Dr. Flinn sent me a copy\nof the letter which he addressed to you, but I must admit\nI had not read this letter over carefully up to the time of\nreceiving your comments.\nApparently Dr. Flinn has no data, or at\nleast did not submit any data of the expired air tests con-\nducted upon this girl prior to the administration of his\ntreatment. We are, therefore, not in a position to compare\nthe expired air test after treatment and before. However,\nfrom the gamma ray test of the patient it is quite reasonable\nto assume that the expired air would not disclose any such\namount as 600 micrograms of radium being deposited in the\nsystem. Neither can I subscribe to the fact that by this\ntreatment of any other treatment would it be possible to\nobtain such a large natural drift as Dr. Flinn has on a\npatient normally containing a reasonable amount, say 10 to\n20 micrograms of radium element. I, therefore, feel that\nthere must have been some error introduced into this work\nwhich Dr. Flinn has not taken into consideration.\nIn his letter addressed to you he cites\nsome three other cases, one of which only discloses any\nunreasonable amount of radon in the expired air, the other\ntwo cases are quite normal and apparently present a picture\nmore or less as it should be.\nI may say that Dr. Craber had a conference\nwith Dr. Flinn relative to his method of treating these\npatients, where he claims to have gotten such favorable results\nand Dr. Craver has on more than one occasion indicated that\nDr. Flinn was very indofinite regarding what was done, and\napparently equally indefinite as to the results obtained.\nDr. Craver seemed to feel that Dr. Flinn's work really lacked\na true scientific aspect, and therefore, in the four cases\nnow being treated he is carrying the thing out very methodic-\nally and on a very much more systematic basis than Dr. Flinn\nhas ever conducted his work. I am looking forward to the\nend resultsof this investigation with considerable anticipa-\ntion, for in my opinion it may serve to clear up some of\nthese anomalous situations of which we are hearing.\nI am herewith quoting one paragraph from a letter\nreceived from Dr. Flinn after the publication of our article\n\"Referring to a remark in your paper concerning\ncalcium metabolism I might say that in eliminating\nmetals from the body you do not get a correspond-\ning elimination of calcium. What seems to effect\ncalcium metabolism also effect the metals. The\nparathormone is used in lead poisoning cases where\nit acts similarly to the manner that it does\nwith radium. Just now I am trying an easier\nmethod and am sending some figures to Dr. Schlundt\nfor his comments.¹\nSincerely yours,\nVice President.\nHHBarker:RH"
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