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December 11th,1923.
Dr. Herman Schlundt,
University of Missouri,
Columbia, Mo.
Dear Dr. Schlundt:
Your letter of December 9th, enclosing copy of letter
forwarded to Dr. Flinn, as well as clipping is at hand.
I shall await with interest Dr. Flinn's reply to your
letter dated December 9th.
The picture às of one Mrs. Frances Hoare, who as far
as we know has never been tested for the presence of radio-activity.
Wo have felt that the newspaper publicity given to this case was a little
far fetched, and based primarily upon the deduction that inasmich as she
once worked at our plant and was now in failing health, that the cause
must be attributed to radium poisoning. It is possible, however, that
we do not have complete information with regard to the case.
You have doubtless noticed during the past few days,
thru the press, that Mrs. Quinta licDonald passed away on Saturday of last
week.
Dr. Norris, County Medical Examiner of New York, clained this case
as a County case and the autopsy was preformed at the City Morgue by Dr.
Martland, assisted by Dr. Norris. Our Committee felt rather slighted in
that they were given little or no consideration with regard to this autopsy.
There is even some question whether or not we will bo successful in procur-
ing specimens of bone in this case.
I discussed the matter with Dr. Ewing today, and he is
going to put forth every effort to obtain specimens, and I am hopeful that
he will succeed. The radium determinations in this case should prove very
valuable in establishing the correctness of the constant which we have
assigned to our gamia ray electroscope. If we find that these samples
become aváilable we shall discuss with you the matter of analysis.
According to the newspaper publicity Dr. Gettler is going
to extract the radium, and as you will recall in the Maggia case, he found
approximately 1/5 to 1/6 of the amount which we found. It, therefore,
seems highly desirable that the results of Dr. Gettler and his associates
be checked.
In view of the fact that additional data will become avail-
able should we obtain these specimens wäth regard to the five cases it might
be well to withhold the publication of the article, which was propared by you
early this summer until such tiple a.s this data could be incorporated.
I am strongly of the opinion that this publication should not include Dr.
Flinn as a co-author. Dr. Flinn superficially seems to be very friondly,
but there is always an undercurrent of feeling present which makes ne con-
fident that we should be rather guarded in discussing matters with him.
In my conference with Dr. Ewing today, I outlined briefly
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"ocrText": "December 11th,1923.\nDr. Herman Schlundt,\nUniversity of Missouri,\nColumbia, Mo.\nDear Dr. Schlundt:\nYour letter of December 9th, enclosing copy of letter\nforwarded to Dr. Flinn, as well as clipping is at hand.\nI shall await with interest Dr. Flinn's reply to your\nletter dated December 9th.\nThe picture às of one Mrs. Frances Hoare, who as far\nas we know has never been tested for the presence of radio-activity.\nWo have felt that the newspaper publicity given to this case was a little\nfar fetched, and based primarily upon the deduction that inasmich as she\nonce worked at our plant and was now in failing health, that the cause\nmust be attributed to radium poisoning. It is possible, however, that\nwe do not have complete information with regard to the case.\nYou have doubtless noticed during the past few days,\nthru the press, that Mrs. Quinta licDonald passed away on Saturday of last\nweek.\nDr. Norris, County Medical Examiner of New York, clained this case\nas a County case and the autopsy was preformed at the City Morgue by Dr.\nMartland, assisted by Dr. Norris. Our Committee felt rather slighted in\nthat they were given little or no consideration with regard to this autopsy.\nThere is even some question whether or not we will bo successful in procur-\ning specimens of bone in this case.\nI discussed the matter with Dr. Ewing today, and he is\ngoing to put forth every effort to obtain specimens, and I am hopeful that\nhe will succeed. The radium determinations in this case should prove very\nvaluable in establishing the correctness of the constant which we have\nassigned to our gamia ray electroscope. If we find that these samples\nbecome aváilable we shall discuss with you the matter of analysis.\nAccording to the newspaper publicity Dr. Gettler is going\nto extract the radium, and as you will recall in the Maggia case, he found\napproximately 1/5 to 1/6 of the amount which we found. It, therefore,\nseems highly desirable that the results of Dr. Gettler and his associates\nbe checked.\nIn view of the fact that additional data will become avail-\nable should we obtain these specimens wäth regard to the five cases it might\nbe well to withhold the publication of the article, which was propared by you\nearly this summer until such tiple a.s this data could be incorporated.\nI am strongly of the opinion that this publication should not include Dr.\nFlinn as a co-author. Dr. Flinn superficially seems to be very friondly,\nbut there is always an undercurrent of feeling present which makes ne con-\nfident that we should be rather guarded in discussing matters with him.\nIn my conference with Dr. Ewing today, I outlined briefly"
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