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    "ocrText": "October 11th, 1928.\nDr. Herman Schlundt,\nUniversity of Missouri,\nColumbia,\nMo.\nDear Dr. Schlundt:\nI have had an opportunity to discuss our paper\nwith Dr. Flinn since I last wrote you, and while our discussion\nwas very satisfactory, still I doubt whether Dr. Flinn has any\nconstructive criticism to offer, at any rate he did not mention\nsame during our discussion.\nIn going over the manuscript submitted, there\nare one or two additional points which have come to my attention:\nIn table 1, on page 3, I am unable to identify subject \"D\",\nneither does Dr. Flinn recall where this data came from. I an\nwondering if your notes will throw any light on this subject?\nTable 2, page 5 - your stenographer has apparently neglected to\ninsert the minus sign before the exponent in this table.\nThe section of the paper submitted since my\nearlier remarks reads very well, and I don't believe that I can\nmake any suggestion which would be of a constructive nature.\nIt is quite evident that this paper will have to be long in order\nto justly incorporate the data available, as well as satisfactor-\nily discuss same from a theoretical standpoint. It seems to\nme that the really important part of this would be the section\ndealing primarily with the tests by the gama-ray of expired\nair and the theoretical discussion. The section dealing with\nthe scintillation method and analysis of excretia is equally\nas important from the standpoint of a complete survey of the\nsubject, but not as important at the moment in view of electro-\nscopic examinations to be made on the girls who claim to be\nsuffering from \"radium poisoning\".\nUnder these circumstances I am wondering if\nit might not be a good move not to delay publication until the\ncontemplated experiments regarding the scintillation method and\nanalysis of excretia are made, but to reserve this for a further\npaper? I merely offer this suggestion for your consideration.\nI had quite a discussion with Dr. Fialla on\nTursday of this week, regarding his proposed tests on the complain-\nants in the recent action. I might say that I submitted to Dr.\nCraver three copies of our report, suggesting that he transmit one\ncopy to each of the members of the Committee. In my discussion\nwith Dr. Fialla I offered him our report, but he declined, stating\nthat he felt he should make an independent investigation, and that\nhe felt if he read the report he probably would be inclined to\nfollow the suggestions therein contained without developing all the\nbasic information necessary for his tests. While I do not\nentirely agree with Dr. Fialla's method of approaching the problem\nalong these lines, still I see his point of view, and I certainly\nbelieve in encouraging him, for by so doing I believe we will get\nbefore him the essence of our work. In fact my discussion prac-\ntically revealed in a verbal way everything which we have done,\nand Dr. Fialla has now consented to make a few preliminary tests\nwith the Wulf machine to determine the amounts of material which\nhe can detect. Before he proceeds with the tests on the com-\nplainants he states that he will be anxious to discuss the problem\nfurther with us.\nDr. Fialla asked whether or not we had tested the girls, and\nI told him that you had, and with the exception of Mrs. Hussman\nhad stated that you found no indications of the presence of radio-\nactive materials, and that in Mrs. Hussman's case you were not\nprepared to make a definite statement either one way or the other.\nThis seemed to make quite an impression on Dr. Fialla and he stated\nthat in the event that he found the presence of radio-activey we\nwould have to consider the matter more carefully. I am satisfied\nthat Dr. Fialla will approach the problem very intelligently, and\nI don't believe but what we will have his best cooperation throughout\nthe work.\nI give you this information as I appreciate that you will be\ninterested in the progress which we have been making. You will\nalso be interested to know that the first impression of the Committee\nis that these girls show some definite bone lesions of a nature which\nthey have never seen before, and that while they cannot definitely\nstate that such lesions are due to radium, still circumstantial\nevidence rather points toward such being the case.\nI am going to be very much disappointed if after all this\nwork has been completed we are still confronted with the matter\nof circumstantial evidence, because it has been my hope that this\nmatter could be definitely settled one way or the other.\nSincerely yours,\nVice President.\nHHBarker:RH"
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