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it is non-resistent -- simply rots away. Lacking this exposure
it would probably exist for years as a somewhat porous and
weakened structure but not necessarily the cause of any trouble.
Should such an idea be correct you will see at once that changes
of the sort shown in Dr. Barry's X-rays should appear in the
bones of the hands. I trust that this explanation will suffice
to show the importance of getting the X-rays we desire.
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 we ek 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 Carlowagain, 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
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