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a. Is it not a fact that the health of many people has been jeopardized and to aome extent sacrificed in the development of our knowledge pretsining to the use of X-ray and radium for deep ray therapy bofore complete knowledge as th the physical properties and possible injurious effects which might accrue in the handling of these rather new types of radiation were established? b. Is it not a fact that even at the time that such injuries occured that it was commonly believed all precautions were teken which would protect oporators handling or working with these types of radiation from any possible injuries? Ca Is it not a fact that those who allowed operators to handle the material to an extent whereby their hoalth was injured were not nogligent or liable in view of the information which was know or available at that time? d. Is it not a fact that the same situation applies to the deleterious effects accru- ing to the hoalth of individuals whore automatic refrigeration was used with methyl chloride as the refrigerant? e. Is it not a fact that those who countenanced the use of methyl chloride for such a purpose could not be considered as having unduely exposed those who beesne afflicted in viow of the fact that at that time a small amount of sethyl chloride was not proved to be deleterious or was not knom to produce effects as ivere later 202 as recognized?

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