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The following is a brief statement of the
history of the various cases of necrosis of the jaw,
which have developed among employees of the United
States Radium Corporation, at its factories in Orange,
New Jersey:
Case I. - Miss M. M., employed from Oeto-
ber 1, 1917, to January 25, 1922, developed a necrosis
of the jaw and later died.
Case II - Miss V. R., employed from Septem-
ber 23, 1918, to April 13, 1921, developed, following
the extraction of a tooth by Dr. W. F. B. of Newark, a
rapidly progressing necrosis of the jaw, not improved
by curetting eight or nine times. Miss R. finally died
as a result of this disease process.
Case III - Mrs. K., employed from 1917 to 1920
inclusive, devel@ped, following the extraction of a tooth
about December, 1923, progressive necrosis of the jaw,
necessitating the removal of much of hor left upper jaw
and two blood transfusions. This patient died of chronic
sepsis on December 9, 1924.
Case IV - Miss M. C. , employed for a period of
six and one-half years ending December, 1923, began to
fail in health in 1920. Her symptoms were extreme fatigue
and weakness with pallor. She continued her work in spite
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