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    "ocrText": "October 20th, 1928.\nDr. Herman Schlundt,\nUniversity of Missouri,\nColumbia, Mo.\nDear Dr. Schlundt:\nDr. Flinn and I discussed in detail the paper yesterday,\nand I am herewith giving you our suggestions, which you, of course, are\nat liberty to exercise in executing. There is one point, however,\nwhich we prefer not to extend this privilege of exercising your judgment\nin, and that is the order of the authord. We both feel that your name\nshould appear first, for the following reasons: First, you have contrib-\nuted a large amount of your time to this problem, secondly, Dr. Flinn and\nI both feel that the paper would not be as well prepared as it is had\nthe task fallen to us, and thiddly, due to the nature of the paper we feel\nthat it will carry a great deal more prestige were your name to occur\nfirst, as after all this is quite a technical treatise from the radio-active\nstandpoint of the problem at hand, and inasmuch as you are well known in\nthis field it is obvious that your name should appear first.\nWe wish in submitting the paper that you would consider\nthe suggestions given below:\nWhile the outline as given on page 3 of the report serves\na purpose which we appreciate, still it is our opinion that this part\ncould be well eliminated, as after all each individual subject discussed\ncarries a heading. I don't know as there is a great deal gained by read-\ning the outline, except a genëral idea of what is to be presented - on\nthe other hand the paper is so full of valuable data and theoretical\ndiscussion that anyone that has occasion to look the subject up at all\nwill be sufficiently interested to read it in detail. However, if you\nelect to retain the outline, part 2 should be included as a part of said\noutline - further we would suggest that \"b\" under 2 be eliminated and\n3 completely eliminated. If the outline is omitted you could incorporate\na sentence to the effect of the one contained in your letter of October\n15th, at the end of page 2, which would get across the idea that further\nwork is to be reported.\nAt the bottom of page 3, can we not alter the last two\nsentences to read as follows: \"and in the hands of an experienced man\nworking under carefully controlled conditions 2 or 3 micrograms will give\na positive test.\nPage 4, line 5, we suggest adding the following #lause:\n\"near to the middle of the back of the subject thus assuring close\nproximity to the bone mass before -\nPage -2-\nIn the last line on page 4 you state that the subject contains\napproximately 130 micrograms of radium element - why not use the true\nfigure 126, instead of 130?\nTable one, page 5: We feel that subject \"D\" should be omitted,\ninasmuch as this is not a true case of radium contained in the system.\nDr. Flinn will send to you directly within a day or two additional data\nto be put in this table.\nPage 8, line 12: We suggest the following - \"were quite unfavorable\nthereby accounting for variation in natural drift. It was hot and sultry\nmost of the time\"\nPage 16, line 5: Should not the rate of transformation occuring\ndaily be 16.5% instead of 18%? In the equation at the bottom of page\n16, you have put in with pen in the denominator of the equation 2.09 X 10⁻⁶,\nshould this not be 2.10 X 10-6?\nPage 20, line 2: You state that it was established definitely that\nabout 4 ± 2 micrograms, inasmuch in table 1 you state the approximatel\nquantity of this subject to be 4 micrograms, why do you insert ± 2 micro-\ngrams have In this instance it seems to me that the qualifying adjectives\n\"approximately or about\" should be sufficienty\nThese together with the suggestions made in your letter of October\n16th, we feel will put the final touches on the paper.\nThe matter of & bibliography is one which we discussed but don't\nbelieve that a paper of this nature requires any very extensive bibliography.\nThe work is original and is not dependent on anything we know of that\nis already in the literature other than basic information pretaining to\nradio-activity.\nThe page numbers referred to above are based on a new numbering\nstarting with page one and continuing with 2 and so on numerically.\nWe also discussed the matter of the best place for publication, and\nit occurs to us that we would probably be able to get report published\nin full at an early date in the American Journal of Roentganology and\nRadium Therapy. We also feel that the nature of the paper warrants\nits being published in & Journal of this nature rather than a Journal\ndealing with purely chemical subjects. If you have any other suggestions\nas to B. good place for publication we will be glad to have them.\nWith kind regards, I am\nSincerely yours,\nHHBarker:RH\nVice President."
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