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    "ocrText": "in any way apply use\nto the internal of radium in subt doses umally administration\nIs not the administration of radium internally, either intravenously, intramsullar}\netc., per separate and apart from the use of large amount of\nradiumAwhere the effects are due primarily to the beta dnd gamma radiation.\nIs it not a fact that the principal beneficial effects that have occured from the\ninternal use of radium chloride may be ascribed to the alpha radiation.\nHas there ever occured anything in the literature with regard to the protection\nand precautionsto be exercised in the handling of radium such as has been administ-\nered internally, let us say up to 100 micrograms of radium element\nWill you describe what in your opinion constitutes a large enough quantity of\n0 radium that precautions recommended by the Britich X-ray and Radium Proections\nshould be exercised.\nLet us assume for a moment that at the time we employed operators engaged in the\napplication of self luminous material to clock dials etc., that an operator was\ngiven at one time a maximum of 21 grams of zinc sulphide, and such 2 grams\ncontained a maximum of micrograms of radium element, would such an amount\n60\nhave been sufficient in your opinion that it would have been necessary to\nexercise the precautions outlined by the British X-ray and Radium Protection etc.\nLet us assume for a moment that an individual should have ingested radioactive\nmaterials as was claimed by those employed in our plant, and that they retained\n100 this material for a prolonged period of time, would thet not be contrary to\nexpectations, in view of the liberature relative to the elimination of radioactive\nmaterials.\nIs it not a fact that individuals who have unduely retained this material and\nprobably\nnot eliminated it in the usual manner. in present some idiosyncrasy which is not\ncommon to the average individual.\nsuch\nnorman\nMay\nnot\nthis idiosyncrasy be of/a nature that the persons/health was jepordized\neven though they had not been exposed to radioactive materials in a manner whereby\nA\nit was possible for them to ingest\nit\nIs it not probable to assume that in the first place such individuals as unduely\nretained this material must have been suffering from a lack of proper functioning\nof their excretory organs.\nDoes it not appear to be reasonable to assume that any individual who was int\nwere\nnormal health and one whose excretory organs are functioning properly, and who\n16\nobtained the proper amount of daily exercise and otherwise in good health\nwould not have retained this material over such prolonged periods of time\nAre you familiar with the work of Allen, Bowing and Rowntree, in Vol. 86 pgs\n11\n164 to 168 of the Journal of the AmMcAu, 1927 On the use of radium in internal\nmedecine.\"\n&\nWith waht institution are these men connected.\nDid they forcast in their article any possible deleterious effects occuring from\nM\nthe internal use of radium chloride"
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