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    "ocrText": "Page 13 -\nWe may be able to prove by her testimony that the complainants knew of the cause of\ntheir condition long before they claim Drs. Martland, Taylor and Humphries told them.\nIf the complainants did not know, why did Hofiman call it Radinm-esothoriua necrosis\ndif\nMay 1925. If they did not lon why did the Consumers League send out literature\non the subject attributing the cause to Radimm?\n31. Dr. Frederick L. Hoffman's statistical investigation of those engaged in the applica-\ntion of luminous material was very limited, and not sufficiently bromint to true\nconclusions regarding the industry as a whole.\nIn order to have made a thorough\nsurvey of this subject Dr. Hoffman should have obtained data from other plants in\nthis country engaged in the application of luminous material, as well as abroad.\nDr. Hoffman's investigation apparently consisted of interviewing a few girls that\nhad been employed by us, and Dectors and Dentists treating them,who for some\nreason unknown to us, attributed their condition to radim. It should be detroloped\nthat the Doctors and Dentists, whom Dr. Hoffmen interviewed, must have intimated\nto him that their condition could be ascribed to radium, otherwise there was no\njustification for his making such an assumption. In the event thet Doctors and\nDentists so advised Dr. Hoffman, ie it not probable that their patients were aware\nof their condition? Dr. Hoffman's paper was read in May 1925, and priorrto that\ntime he must have talkted with Drs. Martland and Kneff as well as Miss Wiley.\nthat\nIt\nwould seem that there is a possibility sone of the complainants knew\nof their condition at a date earlier than what they claim on this basis.\nFurthermore it is possible that the girls had more in common than their occupation,\nas claimed by Dr. Hoffman, for instance Itre. McDonald and Mrs. Larice are sisters\nof Niss Magila, who died in 1922, and whose death certificate showed sphyilis as\na contributing cause. It was not infrequent that one girl used the brush of mother.\nDrs. Hoffman, Ineff,Flinn and Miss Wiley.\n32. Have no knowledge as to what Dr. Drinker may have written to the N.J. Department of\nLabor.\nCan Brink out on cross examination, as it may show methical conduct on\nDrinker's part.\n33. We first sent to the Department of Labor, soon after receipt from Drinker, the result\nof the examination of our employees. Later we sent a further pertion of the Drinker\nreport. This did not exonerate us or condem us. The Department sam a complete"
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