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Dr. May, who was the only expert witness for the plaintiff,
testified that prior to 1924 there was nothing in the literature
indicating danger from dial painting or to show that harm would
result from the une of radium under those circumstances. He stat-
11.
ed that he agreed with an article published in 1926 by Dr. Flinn
that the conclusion that no industrial hazard existed in the dial
painting industry was justified as of that time. He later stated
12.
he disagreed. But he accepted Dr. Martland's articles of 1925
and 1926 as true. He further agreed with the conclusion of Dr.
Field as of 1920 that small quantities of radium given internally
hod no toxie effect.
In 1912, an article by Dr. E. Bellinghen smith13. stated:
*
* Soluble salts of redium are rapidly elimin-
ated, howevor administered. The insoluble Balts per os
are excreted directly by the bowel, and thore is no
evidence of any temporary absorption and piroulation."
Dr. May disagreed with the conclusion that insoluble radium
salts administered per os are excreted completely. He thought that
as of 1912 somo of the insoluble salt night be absorbed. But there
is no literature prior to 1920 that supports his opinion as to
insoluble salts, and the opinions of Dr. sohlundt and Dr. Lind to
that effect are contrary.
L. F. Curties, Physicist, U.S. Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C.;
Prof. willion Duane, Professor of Bio-physics, Harvard University; Dr.
Gioacchino Failla, Phyoicist, Memoriol Hospital, New York city;
Dr. o. H. dish, chief, Section of Terrestrial siectricity, Department
of Terrestrial Magnestism, Carnegie Institution of Washington; Prof.
S. c. Lind, Director, Behool of Chemistry, University of Minnesota;
Dr. Harrison 3. Martland, Chief Medioal Examiner, Xasex County, New
Jersey; Prof. Herman schlundt, Professor of Physical Chemistry, Uni-
versity of Misscuri.
11. Flinn, *Redionetive Material An Industrisi Hazard?".
1926,
Journal
of American Medicol Association, Vol. 87, No. 25, p. 2078 Exhibit P-39.
12. Martland, "Sone Unrecognized Dangers in the Use and Handling of
Redioactive Substances", Journal of American Medical Association, Vol.
85,
P. 1769. Dec. 5, 1925, Exhibit D-L.
Martland, "Microscopic Changes of Certain Anemias Due to Redio-
activity", 1926, Archives of Pethology, Vol. E, No. 4, p. 465 Exhi-
bit D-B.
13. "Distribution and Excrotion of Badium and its Fmanation After
Internal Administration", quarterly Journal of Medicine, 1912, D. 249,
Exhibit D-10.
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