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May 5th,1931.
Dr. Herman Schlundt,
University of Missouri,
Columbia, Mo.
Dear Dr. Schlundt:
I seriously doubt whether you would be able to
interestod Dr. Fialla in conducting any further gam a ray tests upon
the 4 girls under the Committee's supervision.
Dr. Fialla has many interests and probably feels that
this work is rather out of his line, also that the results would be
subject to criticism, and therefore, does not care to carry on any
more than necessary. I understand that he did make a test upon
Miss Fryer and the results indicated that there may have been a slight
decrease in the amount of radium contained, but the decrease was so
small that it is possible that it would come within the range of
experimental error. Dr. Craver indicated that it might possibly have
been as much as 2 micrograms, but Dr. Fialla did not feel the results
were positive enough to make any definite assertion along this line.
The intelligence of most of these girls is not very
high, and it is difficult to get their cooperation in these matters.
1 hey seem to take the attitude of resistence to any program suggested,
and with the exception of Miss Fryer, it is almost impossible to get
their cooperation by explaining what you are trying to do.
Miss Schaub is confined at an institution in New
Jersey, and I understand that her future outlook is not very bright.
She is unable to care for herself wholly, and Dr. Craver expects
Metastisis of the lungs to set in almost any time.
It is possible that sometime when you are in New York
you may have the opportunity of examining these girls thru the coopera-
tion of the Committee.
Glad to note that your Wulf-Hess machine has
arrived from Germany, and I am sure that you will find this instrument
a great source of satisfaction.
Sincerely yours,
Vice President.
HHBarker:RH
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"ocrText": "May 5th,1931.\nDr. Herman Schlundt,\nUniversity of Missouri,\nColumbia, Mo.\nDear Dr. Schlundt:\nI seriously doubt whether you would be able to\ninterestod Dr. Fialla in conducting any further gam a ray tests upon\nthe 4 girls under the Committee's supervision.\nDr. Fialla has many interests and probably feels that\nthis work is rather out of his line, also that the results would be\nsubject to criticism, and therefore, does not care to carry on any\nmore than necessary. I understand that he did make a test upon\nMiss Fryer and the results indicated that there may have been a slight\ndecrease in the amount of radium contained, but the decrease was so\nsmall that it is possible that it would come within the range of\nexperimental error. Dr. Craver indicated that it might possibly have\nbeen as much as 2 micrograms, but Dr. Fialla did not feel the results\nwere positive enough to make any definite assertion along this line.\nThe intelligence of most of these girls is not very\nhigh, and it is difficult to get their cooperation in these matters.\n1 hey seem to take the attitude of resistence to any program suggested,\nand with the exception of Miss Fryer, it is almost impossible to get\ntheir cooperation by explaining what you are trying to do.\nMiss Schaub is confined at an institution in New\nJersey, and I understand that her future outlook is not very bright.\nShe is unable to care for herself wholly, and Dr. Craver expects\nMetastisis of the lungs to set in almost any time.\nIt is possible that sometime when you are in New York\nyou may have the opportunity of examining these girls thru the coopera-\ntion of the Committee.\nGlad to note that your Wulf-Hess machine has\narrived from Germany, and I am sure that you will find this instrument\na great source of satisfaction.\nSincerely yours,\nVice President.\nHHBarker:RH"
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