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    "ocrText": "February 29th,1932.\nHr. E. A. Markley,\nc/o Collins & Corbin,\n1 Exchange P1.,\nJersey City, N.J.\nMadlinger vs United States Radium Corp.\nDear Mr. Markley:\nI am herwith sending you a copy of a report which\nwe received from Dr. Flinn on his examination of Mrs. Madlinger on\nFebruary 25,1932.\nAs you will recall Mrs. Madlinger did not present\nherself for examination on the morning of February 24th,as arranged,\nand on February 25th, Dr. Kneff called Dr. Flinn and stated that\nMrs. Madlinger lost her way on the preceding day, and asked if it\nwould be convenient for him to examine Mrs. Madlinger that day.\nThey made an appointment for 1:30 and Mrs. Madlinger presented\nherself around 2:30 P.M.. I made it a point to be there more to\nascertain the type of person Mrs. Madlinger was than anything\nelse.\nYou will note upon reading the report that Dr.Flinn\nis not at all satisfied with the result of his test, and from the\ndata presented quite justly SO. Dr. Flinn has the feeling, I believe,\nthat Mrs. Madlinger may have been loaded with some radium, not\ninternally but externally. He told me over the 'phone that he did\nnot complete his tests until after five o'clock, and had any of his\nlady assistants been about he would have requested Mrs. Madlinger\nto remove her clothing for further tests - however, this was not\npractical in view of the fact that he was there alone with Mrs.\nMadlinger and her friend. Dr. Flinn had his technician make a\nblood report, copy of which we have.\nWe presume that it will be necessary to arrange for\na day for the physical examination of Mrs. Madlinger by Dr. Brothers\nand at such time I think it highly essential that we arrange for re-\npeating the electroscopic tests. Perhaps Mrs. Madlinger would not\nobject to presenting herself at Dr. Flinn's office for such an addi-\ntional series of tests. That, of course, would be the ideal place\nto do this kind of work.\nDr. Flinn examined Mrs. Madlinger on March 7,1929,\nand found that she contained by the gamma ray method, approximately\n2.5 micrograms, while the recent examination reveals anywhere from\n10 to 18.6 micrograms.\nWe shall await word from you before doing anything\nfurther in this matter.\nVery tryly yours,\nHHBarker:RH\nVice President."
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