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    "ocrText": "October 25th,1928.\nDr. Hermen Schlundt,\nUniversity of Missouri,\nRoom 110 New Chemistry Bld\nColumbia, Mo.\nDear Dr. Schlundt:\nI will herewith endeavor to confirm matters\ndiscussed by 'phone this morning, and explain in a little more detail\nwhat we are up against in the electroscopic test of the 5 girls.\nDr. Fialla examined Mrs. Hussman on October 15th,\nand found, using our calibration of the Wulf quarta fiber eledtrometer,\n10.6 micrograms. On october 18th, he examined Miss Fryer and found\nthe equivalent of 14 micrograms.\nIt is my understanding that these girls were requested\nto report to Memorial Hospital for electroscopic tests. After finding\nthese two girls radioactive, Dr. Fialla called us advising of his\nresults, and wondering what our disposition was in the matter, inasmuchas\nwe had previously told him that we had found these girla inactive.\nI have discussed the matter with Dr. Fialia and we\nare agreed that we must make a very thorough examination and that such\nexamination shall consist of testing the girls as they report to the\nhospital, then having then disrobe, take a bath, put on garments\nsupplied to then by us, and repeat the test. In the event that they are\nstill found active it is our disposition to hospitalize one - the case\ncontaining the largest amount and ascertaining what the rate of\nelimination is.\nI am confident that Dr. Fialla feels that there is a\npossibility of the girls intentionally carrying small amounts of some\nradioactive material to produce a positive test on the electroscope.\nDr. Fialla's one desire in this work is to make these tests in such e\nmanner that they will bè thoroughly satisfactory to us, and that we\nwill not have to keep going over the same ground repeatedly. As I\nunderstand it their present program is to ask the five girls to report\nto Memorial Hospital some day during the week of October 2ath. Dr.\nFiella will take a suite of rooms in a hotel nearby end request that\none girl at a time be sent to this suite for examination without\nknowledge to the othor girls as to what is to be done. As he has\ncompleted his tests on one andecond girl will be requested to repart\nto him, etc., until all have been tested. In the event that the"
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