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    "ocrText": "0 0 P Y\nUNIVERSITY\nColloge of Physicims and Surgeons\n437 West 59th Streot, New Yorle\nOct.e 9, 1935.\nlir. Roeder,\nU. S. Radium Corporation,\nNew York City, N.Y.\nDear Roeder:\nTxt. Hertland's paper last night was very interesting but it was far\nfrom being neutrol. Te expressed the opänion that from the date thit he hns\ngatherod it is criminal to use nesothorium intrevenously. There is no doubt\nfrom\nthe reception that the papex received at the meeting as to the effect on any jury.\nDr. Martland has promised to send me a copy of this paper without miting for ite\npublication.\nI think your lawyers should get a dopy as soon as you em so we can\nhave a timo to digest it. Ne presentation last evoning was very rapid and may\npoints of importance simply montioned.\none ean rendily see how the other side is bilding up their cada\n.\nThey are placing all the emphesia on the fnet that you use nosothorim in youx\nmaterial and that this is for more dangezous thm It seems to me that\nyou\nshould get Dr. to express his opinion on this notter end to collect all data\nas to the use of mosothorium in internal injections both in this countzy and Turope.\nIn other words you must be preparod to parvo in Court that it is not an extromely\ntozie material as compared with redion.\nThe question of elimination and abeorption la very importent. Dr. Martland\nhas\nhnd the advantage in being in a position where he aoula study two or three cases.\nHe has tolcen these coses and demonstrated the presence of radio-active material in\nthe\nbody. He also has the expâred aix with positive results. Dr. Hofmon's\nposition and his is that ande the mesothorium in baloen into the body it is not elime\ninated but remeins there constantly aeting on the blood forming agents. They put\nphasis on the fnot that the time element as the important fnotor and that the serious\ncondition does not arise often for tharee or foux yenza efter the exposure.\nThe blood of Mis Carlo as shomm from his analyain does not indicate a\ndiabetic condition.\nIn order to be able to answer these questions we will have to the\nexcreta of persons worlding in the plant itsoli, gärls have been and are no painte\ning dials, and then from garls who have not been in the plant for severn] years.\nWe should also get a specimon of Miss stools from the hospital 1.° possible.\nYour doctor or the insurance doctor perhaps om get moh a simple from the hospital.\nIn addition to getting the excrota from these girls wo shonld malce a test to see ar\ntheir bodios show my migns of radio-active material or not. Their expired air mist\nalso be testel. A consilior all of this data very important especinily if what Dr.\nMartland\nclaims to hove found is time. We enn make this asmination at my house Af\nwo aan set up youx instruments there so as avoil any contimination from the factory.\nI think you should tolte this matter up with Mr. Viedt and hove him get four or five\ngirls who are friendly to the commeny but have not worked in your plent for nt lenst\ntwo years. I firlly foel thet if the matter is put up to then in the right spirit\nof course there will be no trouble in getting\nwe ann get them to do it for 11.."
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