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January 6th,1927.
Mr. E. A. Markley,
Collins & Corbin,
1 Exchange Place,
Jersey City.
Dear Mr. Markley:
This will acknowledge receipt of your letter
of January 3rd, enclosing copy of report, dated December 19,1927,
made by Doctors Douglas Symmer and Benjamin Schwarts, relative
to autopsy preformed on the body of Amelia Maggia under date of
October 15,1927.
We are not well versed as to what an expert
medical report should contain, but it strikes us that if we were
specially interested in ascertaining definitely what the autopsy
revealed it would seem that our Doctors have not succeeded in
pursuing a sufficiently thorough course. For instance
the
summary
on radio-active substances, took Dr. Gettler's word for the
statement that an "electroscopic examination of the bones showed
radio-active substance in excessive quantities". This mage mean mubh,
or map. mean little. depending on whether any given amounts of radio-
activaty may be considered excessive.
We do know that Dr. Flinn and our Mr. Barker have
already made two (2) readings on the specimen left with Dr. Flinn,
for the purpose of making a quantitative determination. There is
still one more reading to be made before the tiven amount of radium
in the body of Miss Maggia can be finally determined. This is not
said in any spirit of criticism of Drs. Symmer or Schwartz, but
merely indicates that if a quantitative determination is desirable
there is still further work to be done.
We have never seen a copy of the report furnished
to Mr. Berry by his experts, and would much appreciate your sending
us a copy, if such is available. It might be helpful for us to
review their findings in the light of our familiarity with radio-
active substances.
Very truly yours,
CBLee:RH
President.
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"ocrText": "January 6th,1927.\nMr. E. A. Markley,\nCollins & Corbin,\n1 Exchange Place,\nJersey City.\nDear Mr. Markley:\nThis will acknowledge receipt of your letter\nof January 3rd, enclosing copy of report, dated December 19,1927,\nmade by Doctors Douglas Symmer and Benjamin Schwarts, relative\nto autopsy preformed on the body of Amelia Maggia under date of\nOctober 15,1927.\nWe are not well versed as to what an expert\nmedical report should contain, but it strikes us that if we were\nspecially interested in ascertaining definitely what the autopsy\nrevealed it would seem that our Doctors have not succeeded in\npursuing a sufficiently thorough course. For instance\nthe\nsummary\non radio-active substances, took Dr. Gettler's word for the\nstatement that an \"electroscopic examination of the bones showed\nradio-active substance in excessive quantities\". This mage mean mubh,\nor map. mean little. depending on whether any given amounts of radio-\nactivaty may be considered excessive.\nWe do know that Dr. Flinn and our Mr. Barker have\nalready made two (2) readings on the specimen left with Dr. Flinn,\nfor the purpose of making a quantitative determination. There is\nstill one more reading to be made before the tiven amount of radium\nin the body of Miss Maggia can be finally determined. This is not\nsaid in any spirit of criticism of Drs. Symmer or Schwartz, but\nmerely indicates that if a quantitative determination is desirable\nthere is still further work to be done.\nWe have never seen a copy of the report furnished\nto Mr. Berry by his experts, and would much appreciate your sending\nus a copy, if such is available. It might be helpful for us to\nreview their findings in the light of our familiarity with radio-\nactive substances.\nVery truly yours,\nCBLee:RH\nPresident."
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