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April 15th,1929.
Dr. J. E. Gendreau,
Institute of Radium,
4120 Ontario St.,
East Montreal,
Canada.
Dear Dr. Gendreau:
We have received a request from a Mr. Morin,
of 211 Grenier Ave., Montreal, for information pretaining to the
conditions which have been found to exist among certain people that
have at one time applied luminous material to watch and clock dials
etc. We are enclosing herewith a copy of our reply to Mr. Morin,
and are taking occasion to write and advise you directly as to the
request made in his letter, inasmuch as we have no record of such a
gentlemen and know nothing of his connections or interest in the case.
While there are a number of physicians in the Metro-
politan area who have examined girls that at one time applied luminous
material to dials, still the number who have made careful and exhaustive
study of this subject are small. Dr. Martland, Essex County physic-
ian, was probably one of the first to make quite an exhaustive study of
the subject, but due to his official capacity as Exisex County Physician,
I understand that he is not interested in any current cases at the time.
Dr. L. F. Craver, Examining Physician at Memorial Hospital, is probably
best qualified to give you the type of information which you desire, and
I an confident that you will find Dr. Craver quite willing to cooperate
with you in this regard. His address at the Hospital is - Memorial
Hospital, 2 West 106th St., New York City., and his private office
address is - 121 East 60th St., New York City.
You have doubtless seen a good deal of publicity which
has been given to this subject, which for the most part, as you may
realize, has been exaggerated, but at the same time it is quite apparent
that such girls who followed the practice of tipping the brush with
their lips, thereby introducing continuously small amounts of radioactive
materials, incorporated with the base of the luminous material, into their
systems, has subjected themselves to an industrial hazard hitherto un-
suspected. Todaye there has not been a single case found, so far as we
know, that is suffering as a result of their employment in this industry,
where they did not tip or point the brushes with their lips.
If we can be of further service to you please do not
hesitate to communicate with us.
Very truly yours,
HHBarker:RH
Vice President.
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