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UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY MINNEAPOLIS OFFICES OF THE DEAN June 29, 1934. AND THE DIRECTOR JUL 2 1934 Mr. H. H. Barker, U. S. Radium Corporation, 535 Pearl Street, New York, N. Y. Dear Barker: I regret to see in the last News Edition an announce- ment of the death of Henry T. Koenig as the regult of a necrosis of the pelvic region and spine believed to be due to radium rays. This is a new type of attack as far as I have seen. I wonder if you or Dr. Schlundt know anything about his condition. Was he supposed to have radium in his body or was it the result of external radiation? I notice he was living in Denver at the time of his death. I was never satisfied entirely with the diagnosis of Whittemore's case and it is rather disturbing to see a second of these early crystallizers dying at such an early age. With best regards, Sincerely yours, A. C. find S. C. Lind, SCL:LL Director. Copy to Dr. Schlundt.