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December 11th,1923.
Dr. Herman Schlundt,
University of Missouri,
Columbia, Mo.
Dear Dr. Schlundt:
Your letter of December 9th, enclosing copy of letter
forwarded to Dr. Flinn, as well as clipping is at hand.
I shall await with interest Dr. Flinn's reply to your
letter dated December 9th.
The picture ás of one Mrs. Frances Hoare, who as far
as we know has never been tested for the presence of radio-activity.
We have felt that the newspaper publicity given to this case was a little
far fetched, and based primarily upon the deduction that inasmuch as she
once worked at our plant and was now in failing health, that the cause
must be attributed to radium poisoning. It is possible, however, that
we do not have complete information with regard to the case.
You have doubtless noticed during the past few days,
thru the press, that Mrs. Quinta McDonald passed away on Saturday of last
week. Dr. Norris, County Medical Examiner of New York, claimed this case
as a County case and the autopsy was preformed at the City Morgue by Dr.
Martland, assisted by Dr. Norris. Our Committee felt rather slighted in
that they were given little or no consideration with regard to this autopsy.
There is even some question whether or not we will be successful in procur-
ing specimens of bone in this case.
I discussed the matter with Dr. Ewing today, and he is
going to put forth every effort to obtain specimens, and I am hopeful that
he will succeed. The radium determinations in this case should prove very
valuable in establishing the correctness of the constant which we have
assigned to our gama ray electroscope. If we find that these samples
become available we shall discuss with you the matter of analysis.
According to the newspaper publicity Dr. Gettler is going
to extract the radium, and as you will recall in the Maggia case, he found
approximately 1/5 to 1/6 of the amount which we found. It, therefore,
seems highly desirable that the results of Dr. Gettler and his associates
be checked. In view of the fact that additional data will become avail-
able should we obtain these specimens with regard to the five cases it might
be well to withhold the publication of the article, which was prepared by you
early this summer until such tige as this data could be incorporated.
I am strongly of the opinion that this publication should not include Dr.
Flinn as a co-author. Dr. Flinn superficially seems to be very friendly,
but there is always an undercurrent of feeling present which makes me con-
fident that we should be rather guarded in discussing matters with him.
In my conference with Dr. Ewing today, I outlined briefly
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the work which we conducted in Chicago, and he expressed the opinion that
this should be of real scientific value, and that we should proceed with
publication as soon as convenient. I hope to give the matter a little
attention as to getting tables etc., into shape during the next few days.
You will doubtless be interested in an article entitled
"Parathormone In the Treatment of Radium Poisoning", by Dr. F. B. Flinn and
Dr. S. M. Seidlin, published in the Bulletin of the Johns Hopkins Hospital,
Vol 45, No.5, pages 269-275, November 1929. Dr. Seidlin has kindly sent
me a reprint of this article. I knew that the article had been published
for I saw an abstract of same in the J.of the A.M.A., and intimated to
Dr. Flinn that I should appreciate having reprints of the article, but he
lead me to believe that there were no reprints available.
With kind regards, 1 am
Sincerely yours,
Vice President.
HHBarker:RH
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"ocrText": "December 11th,1923.\nDr. Herman Schlundt,\nUniversity of Missouri,\nColumbia, Mo.\nDear Dr. Schlundt:\nYour letter of December 9th, enclosing copy of letter\nforwarded to Dr. Flinn, as well as clipping is at hand.\nI shall await with interest Dr. Flinn's reply to your\nletter dated December 9th.\nThe picture ás of one Mrs. Frances Hoare, who as far\nas we know has never been tested for the presence of radio-activity.\nWe have felt that the newspaper publicity given to this case was a little\nfar fetched, and based primarily upon the deduction that inasmuch as she\nonce worked at our plant and was now in failing health, that the cause\nmust be attributed to radium poisoning. It is possible, however, that\nwe do not have complete information with regard to the case.\nYou have doubtless noticed during the past few days,\nthru the press, that Mrs. Quinta McDonald passed away on Saturday of last\nweek. Dr. Norris, County Medical Examiner of New York, claimed this case\nas a County case and the autopsy was preformed at the City Morgue by Dr.\nMartland, assisted by Dr. Norris. Our Committee felt rather slighted in\nthat they were given little or no consideration with regard to this autopsy.\nThere is even some question whether or not we will be successful in procur-\ning specimens of bone in this case.\nI discussed the matter with Dr. Ewing today, and he is\ngoing to put forth every effort to obtain specimens, and I am hopeful that\nhe will succeed. The radium determinations in this case should prove very\nvaluable in establishing the correctness of the constant which we have\nassigned to our gama ray electroscope. If we find that these samples\nbecome available we shall discuss with you the matter of analysis.\nAccording to the newspaper publicity Dr. Gettler is going\nto extract the radium, and as you will recall in the Maggia case, he found\napproximately 1/5 to 1/6 of the amount which we found. It, therefore,\nseems highly desirable that the results of Dr. Gettler and his associates\nbe checked. In view of the fact that additional data will become avail-\nable should we obtain these specimens with regard to the five cases it might\nbe well to withhold the publication of the article, which was prepared by you\nearly this summer until such tige as this data could be incorporated.\nI am strongly of the opinion that this publication should not include Dr.\nFlinn as a co-author. Dr. Flinn superficially seems to be very friendly,\nbut there is always an undercurrent of feeling present which makes me con-\nfident that we should be rather guarded in discussing matters with him.\nIn my conference with Dr. Ewing today, I outlined briefly\n-2-\nthe work which we conducted in Chicago, and he expressed the opinion that\nthis should be of real scientific value, and that we should proceed with\npublication as soon as convenient. I hope to give the matter a little\nattention as to getting tables etc., into shape during the next few days.\nYou will doubtless be interested in an article entitled\n\"Parathormone In the Treatment of Radium Poisoning\", by Dr. F. B. Flinn and\nDr. S. M. Seidlin, published in the Bulletin of the Johns Hopkins Hospital,\nVol 45, No.5, pages 269-275, November 1929. Dr. Seidlin has kindly sent\nme a reprint of this article. I knew that the article had been published\nfor I saw an abstract of same in the J.of the A.M.A., and intimated to\nDr. Flinn that I should appreciate having reprints of the article, but he\nlead me to believe that there were no reprints available.\nWith kind regards, 1 am\nSincerely yours,\nVice President.\nHHBarker:RH"
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