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You will recollect that the Life Extension Institute found
nothing in their examinations which indicated the possibility
of industrial poisoning. There is a certain amount of indication
that this opinion was given without a proper appreciation of the
possibilities. We find, in reports published from England, that
radium workers show an increase in the lymphocytic cells of the
blood as an early symptom of generalized damage from radium. It
is a curious fact that this finding in the blood was reported in
several of your girls by the Life Extension Institute and that
the possible cause of it was not understood. Indeed, the Institute
simply indicated that the findings should be watched further.
When we join forces with you next week we shall wish to take
blood specimens (this will simply be a. minute drop of blood from
the skin) from as many of the people who are working in your
plant as we can get hold of, including those who are directly
exposed to Undark and those who are not.
We shall then chase
down this finding with particular care.
We shall want to see
Miss Carlough again, and if it is possible for you to obtain X-ray
plates of her hands they will be of the greatest value to us.
Since the taking of an X-ray photograph is but the matter of a
moment I should think you would have no difficulty in arranging
this.
We will arrive at the Robert Treat Hotel late Tuesday
evening next, and will wait there until we hear from you
Wednesday morning.
Our program for the next couple days will
follow out whatever arrangements you have made -- that is, we
know that we must chase down Mrs. Kuser, we shall want to get
our blood specimens, we shall want to see Dr. Alexander's
X-Tays, and we shall want to go again to the plant.
Under separate cover I am sending you some dental X-ray
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