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September 21dt,1928.
Dr. Frederick B. Flinn,
College of Physicians and Surgeions,
632 West 168th St.,
N.Y.C.
Dear Dr. Flinn:
Your letter of September 19th, is at hand, and
I wrote Dr. Schlundt yesterday giving him the complete information
on the 5 samples of excretia analyzed at our laboratories.
I very well appreciate Dr. Schlundt's position in
feeling that complete data should be kept on all experimental too
work conducted, and agree with him that records cannot be/complete
in any scientific investigation. One can never tell at the outset
of what value such information may prove to be before the work
has been completed.
However, I agree with you that in the particular
instance at hand it is probably sufficient to consider this phase
of the work in a qualitative light only and not attempt to
interpret same in a quantitative manner. However, it would be
extremely interesting in the event that a case was found where
elimination was taking place and the gamma ray history of the
case would check thehamounts eliminated through excretia.
I have written Dr. Schlundt quite in detail suggest-
ing that we forego this phase of the work at the present and
consider it in a qualitative light only, especially in view of
the urgent need of a preliminary draft of the data available at
the moment. I am in hopes that Dr. Schlundt will follow this
procedure.
The case you mention from the Radium Emanation
Corporation is esceedingly interesting. It would seem off-hand
that there is some fundamental information lacking in the history
of this case, otherwise the gamma ray test should show negative
even though the patient may be suffering from the effects of
either external radiation or inhaled emanation.
I am hoping to see you some time the first part
of the week, when I will be glad to discuss this case further, as
well as take up with you the matter of analysis of the bones of the
autopsied specimens which you possess.
Very truly yours,
HHBarker:RH
Vice President.
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