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HARVARD UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
OFIVED
MAR 171924
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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOLOGY
55 VAN DYKE STREET
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
March 15, 1924.
Mr. Arthur Roeder,
United States Radium Corporation,
30 Church Street,
New York City.
UNITED STATES
RADIUM CORP.
My dear Mr. Roeder:
Your letter of March 12 is very interesting. I have had
opportunity to discuss it with some of my associates here and
we are inclined to feel that the two occurrences which you
mention have been coincidences. At the same time we are agreed
that it is not at all safe to permit any conviction upon that
point without a rather complete examination. If you are anxious
to go into the matter through me I feel that the best plan of
procedure would be for me to make 8 visit to your plant in Orange
and see the actual work these girls are doing and talk there with
whoever it is who saw the fatal case. I have found that in matters
of this kind I do better if I get such medical facts as are
available from the individuals who have seen the condition which
is under suspicion. After making such a visit as this it is
possible we could do something with the powder here which would
give us an opinion of its toxicity.
Should you care to enter such a program as this I could
arrange to come to New York sometime during the first two weeks
in April. I would rather not set the date at once but could give
at least five days notice. Needless to say there will be some
expense attached to even this preliminary examination, but you
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may rest assured this will not be great and that if in my opinion
it is wise to go into the matter very thoroughly it will be
possible to give you an estimate as to cost before entering such
a task.
Very sincerely yours,
Cecil N. Drinber
Cecil K. Drinker, M.D.
Professor of Physiology
RECEIVED
UNITED STATES
RADIUM. CORP.
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