Letters Received to H.H. Barker, September 30, 1930

DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY CORNELL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE FIRST AVENUE AND 28TH STREET New YORK September 30, 1930. Mr. H.H. Barker, U. S. Radium Corporation, 535 Pearl Street OCT 1 1930 New York City. My dear Mr. Barker: As soon as I returned from the West I gave your last letter to Craver, regarding Miss Shaub, and advised him to go to see her. This he did last Saturday in conference with Dr. Humphries. Dr. Craver finds that Miss Shaub is suffering from a well advanced osteogenic sarcoma of the lower end of the femur in which a pathological fracture has occurred. In Dr. Humphries letter to me, about August 15th, he said nothing about a sarcoma but merely mentioned the fracture. The general condition of this patient is poor and we suspect that the lungs are involved and that the progress of the disease will be as usual. Dr. Craver suggested that the patient be brought to the Memorial Hospital for treatment, but since she is in poor condition, this will be rather difficult to accomplish. Dr. Humphries thinks the radiation treatment which we advise can be carried out in her present location. I do not think there is anything more that the Commission can do in this case. Radiation treatment can only give some temporary palliative relief, but it cannot alter the course of the di sease. Sincerely yours January James Ewing.