Letters Sent to O.E. Pawlowsky, July 12, 1926

stea lo nollastiA 101 lo .omoM July 12th, 1926. Itr. O. R. Pawlowsky, c/o Illinois Watch Company, Springfield, Ill. Dear Mr. Enclosed herowith you will find an article entitled "Radio Active Naterial an Industrial Hazard?", by Dr. Frederick B. Flinn, Ph. De, Assistant Professor of Physiology in Industrial Hygiene, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, which trests of the so called "radium necrosis" or rodium poisoning cases. The investigation by Dr. Flinn, which formed the basis of his article, has been by far the most thorough and far reaching work undertalten on this subject. This article will appear in one of the early issues of the Journal of the American Modical Association. mhle it seems that the charge of Fradium poisoning" caused the death of several girls (which charge was widely advertised through the preas a fow months ago) is entiroly unfounded, we naturally hesitate - without further investigation - to malce the brond statement that radium in luminous material is unharmful, although we believe this to be the case. Therefore, in order to be on the safe side, we caution you, if you have not already done 30, to order your operatórs not to point their application brushes between their lips. thenever we receive any further authentic information on the subject, we shell be glad to pass it along to you. Yours very truly, President. CBLEE-OB Enclosure (1)