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TESTS FOR RADIOACTIVITY
ON
MRS. SAXER, (RUTH WINTERS)
June 19 and 20, 1930.
The tests were conducted in the office of
Dr. Humphries, Orthopaedic Hospital, Orange, New Jersey.
The first series of gamma ray measurements was made
June 19, 1930. Another test with the gamma ray instrument
was conducted the following day. The tests for radioactivity
of expired air could not be carried out successfully June
19, 1930, on account of the extreme humidity of the
atmosphere; but the next day the conditions for making
measurements had improved decidedly.
The results of these tests leave no doubt
in my mind that Mrs. Saxer is distinctly radioactive.
The gamma ray test as well as the expired air test
definitely establish this conclusion. The expired air
test failed to show the presence of mesothorium, but
the test for radium are positive. Our quantitative
measurements enable us to state that the total amount of
radium present in Mrs. Saxer lies between 5 to 8 micrograms.
Respectfully submitted,
Herman Schlundt
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