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I do - feel that qualitative tests of excretia are important from the
standpoint of verification of the presence of radio-active materials, but
not important from the standpoint of qualitatively determining the rate of
elimination. I have not had an opportunity to discuss this subject personally
with Dr. Flinn since your visit to N.Y., but hope to have occasion to do so
within the next day or two.
I am giving you below more complete data regarding the determinations
made on the excretia of the Dunn case:
1. 24 hour sample of stools from Varch 13th, total dry weight
4.98 grams. Radium content 0.005 micrograms per gram.
2. Semple of stools March 12th - no wei ght recorded. Radium
content 0.0028 micrograms per gram.
3. Sample of urine March 12th - 330 cc, radium content 0.0022
micrograms per gram. While there is a record of the volume
in this instance there is no record of the weight of the
insoluble residue, but my opinion is that it was around
3 grams.
4. Sample of stool March 10th (morning sample), total weight 1.17
grams, radium content 0.0035 micrograms per grame
5. Sample of stool March 10th (afternoon sample) 0.77 grams
radd um content 0.0035 micrograms per gram.
There in of course data available relative to the average dry weight
of stools and urine from individuals, and this information in a general way
might
be used as a basis of determining the total amount of material eliminated.
The federal Department of Labor, as well as the U. S. Department
of Public Health, have become interested in this entire situation and are
going to malce an investigation. In fact a respresentative of the Dept. of
Labor has been in New York for the past week. and it is my understanding that
a representative of the Dept. of Health will soon be here.
After these
Departments have made their preliminary surveys, independently, I understand
that there is to be a general conference called at which time it is possible
that representatives from the industries will be invited to participate.
At any rate I am sure that Dr. Flinn will be among those at the conference,
and it seems to me as though it would be quite advantageous for Dr. Flinn to
have in his hands at the time of this conference a rough draft of the
experimental work conducted during your stay here. Then toothe medical
Committee, to study the conditions of the five girls whose cases vere recently
settled,are taking steps to proceed with their examinations, and Dr. Flinn, as
well as I, believesthat it is highly essential that this Committee have in
their possession a rough draft of this work. With these two points in mind
it seems essential that a rough draft be prepared as soon as convenient, which
of course would be delayed in the event that any further data was to be
obtained upon excretia.
You will be interested to know that I submitted a report prepared
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"ocrText": "-2-\nI do - feel that qualitative tests of excretia are important from the\nstandpoint of verification of the presence of radio-active materials, but\nnot important from the standpoint of qualitatively determining the rate of\nelimination. I have not had an opportunity to discuss this subject personally\nwith Dr. Flinn since your visit to N.Y., but hope to have occasion to do so\nwithin the next day or two.\nI am giving you below more complete data regarding the determinations\nmade on the excretia of the Dunn case:\n1. 24 hour sample of stools from Varch 13th, total dry weight\n4.98 grams. Radium content 0.005 micrograms per gram.\n2. Semple of stools March 12th - no wei ght recorded. Radium\ncontent 0.0028 micrograms per gram.\n3. Sample of urine March 12th - 330 cc, radium content 0.0022\nmicrograms per gram. While there is a record of the volume\nin this instance there is no record of the weight of the\ninsoluble residue, but my opinion is that it was around\n3 grams.\n4. Sample of stool March 10th (morning sample), total weight 1.17\ngrams, radium content 0.0035 micrograms per grame\n5. Sample of stool March 10th (afternoon sample) 0.77 grams\nradd um content 0.0035 micrograms per gram.\nThere in of course data available relative to the average dry weight\nof stools and urine from individuals, and this information in a general way\nmight\nbe used as a basis of determining the total amount of material eliminated.\nThe federal Department of Labor, as well as the U. S. Department\nof Public Health, have become interested in this entire situation and are\ngoing to malce an investigation. In fact a respresentative of the Dept. of\nLabor has been in New York for the past week. and it is my understanding that\na representative of the Dept. of Health will soon be here.\nAfter these\nDepartments have made their preliminary surveys, independently, I understand\nthat there is to be a general conference called at which time it is possible\nthat representatives from the industries will be invited to participate.\nAt any rate I am sure that Dr. Flinn will be among those at the conference,\nand it seems to me as though it would be quite advantageous for Dr. Flinn to\nhave in his hands at the time of this conference a rough draft of the\nexperimental work conducted during your stay here. Then toothe medical\nCommittee, to study the conditions of the five girls whose cases vere recently\nsettled,are taking steps to proceed with their examinations, and Dr. Flinn, as\nwell as I, believesthat it is highly essential that this Committee have in\ntheir possession a rough draft of this work. With these two points in mind\nit seems essential that a rough draft be prepared as soon as convenient, which\nof course would be delayed in the event that any further data was to be\nobtained upon excretia.\nYou will be interested to know that I submitted a report prepared"
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