NOTES FROM OTHER COLLECTIONS
31.1.1994
Hardin B. Jones
Wehave four boxes of Hardin Jones’ papers; mostare reprints. Interfiled among these are
some manuscripts and correspondence. Some manuscripts are incomplete andrefer to
experiments with infusionsof elliptocytic blood on pregnant women,or infusions of
radioactive blood in pregnant womento prove leakageto the placenta. (box 2, shelf 6572)
Cornelius A. Tobias
a restricted document was found, the project report for project 48A
Some Tobias papers contain correspondence pertaining to Hamilton, but most concern
other activities involving human subjects. Tobias worked with John Lawrence and Joseph
Hamilton on the study of decompression sickness during the war years. During the 50's,
he conducted human studies with respect to cancer research and radioactivetracers,
including radiopotassium. References are found to studies of thyroid problems and
mammary cancer. Tobias also has records from the Subcommittee on Human Applications
and the Subcommittee on Radiobiological Research (or some such name).
Records in the boxes I looked at included the following:
In box 5, the Manhattan District Declassification Documents include papers on the
morphological changes in the lymphocytes of persons exposed to ionizing radiations (by
Annamae Dickie and L.H. Hempelmann, 1948, #1102) and the determination of plutonium
in human feces (by Elizabeth Maxwell, Robert Fryxell, Wright H. Langham, of Los
Alamos, declassified in 1947, #1167).
In box 6, the Atomic Energy Commission Documents include a paper on hematological
studies on patients treated by total body exposure to X-rays (by Low-Beer and Stoneat the
Argonne Nat'l Lab, 1948).
In box 26, letters to and from Tobias include letter from Earl D. Neslen from UC Med.
(1954) on getting radiopotassium for investigations on human subjects approved by the
Radiation Safety Committee. Names mentioned include San Souci and Low-Beer. In the
next folder, a letter regarding Oppenheimer and experiments on marine uptake of
radioactivity. In the folder for Aebersold, Paul, a letter from Aebersold to Low-Beer:
Low-Beerwill attend a meeting of the Subcommittee on Human Applications; Dr. Stone
has appointed a committee consisting of Low-Beer, Scott, and Miller to develop proper
training at Low-Beer's medical school. John Lawrence is sending his representative,
Tobias.
In box 27, reference is made to human studies and Carbon 14.
In box 34, reference is mande to human studies on cancer and radioactive tracers (see
folder cancer research 1953).
Note: Tobias Recordsfrom 1945 to 1950 are largely missing.
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Archives and Records Office
Human Radiation Experiments Search and Retrieval Project
Anna Berge Research Notes
Electronic documentTitle: Jones, Tobias, Lawrence
April 4, 1994
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