With respect to 48A,the records include an Oak Ridge Health Physics Division
Organization Chart from 1953 (Nov 12, 53).
The coverletter for a report on Fission Product Warfare (July 7, 48) showsthat it was
routed to D.T. Briggs (Project Rand, Douglas Aircraft), E.O. Lawrence, Shields Warren,
Gen. McCormack, R.S. Stone, and Kenneth Scott/J.G. Hamilton. With respect to
radioactive warfare, the records include Hamilton's job description as a member ofthe
test safety panel for the chemical corps (Sept 30, 52) and records with reference to
Dugway(letter to Marquand, Oct 28, 52). He also sent Morgan (at Oak Ridge) a report
on the progress on aerosol studies using uranium oxide to produce Pu239 (Nov.6, 53).
The Subcommittee on Medical Instruction and Research , appointed by the Committee on
Educational Policy, was concerned with the establishment of the Metabolic Unit at
Cowell Hospital and with the employment of human subjects for clinical investigations.
The Subcommittee wanted Hamilton to accept an appointment, to serve with John
Lawrence, Stone, S.R. Mettier, and Chairman P.M. Barr (Jan. 12, 49).
The records include a curriculum vitae of L. Van Middlesworth (March 17, 54), as well
as a copy of his paper "Radioactive Iodine Uptake of Normal Newborn Infants"; six of
the infants were black, and one was white.
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Amongthe records of the University of California--S.F. Medical School 1933-1943is a
"Proposed clinical investigation of activated sodium chloride” by Robert Stone, ca 1940;
Stone also discusses thefirst clinical experiment of radioactive sodium chloride on
humans. On April 2, 1946, he informed E. Lawrence that he was worried abouttreating
human patients with neutrons, and that animals should be used instead. In
communication with the Area Engineer (Apr 17, 46), he and Miller provided a report and
proposed program on the effects of X-rays and radioactive elements on human subjects
and animals (Exp. 48C). Since 1942, they had followed some 29 patients with blood
studies from before, during, and after.
In the Administrative records 1943-1946 is a proposed plan for the Medical Physics
Department and an organization plan for Medical Physics: points 2a, b, c, and d discuss
recommendations on who will work for whom and whatto do about human subjects
(including the fact that all human subjects should be experimented on in San Francisco).
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Manhatan District--Health Division Group 60” Cyclotron Monthly Reports 1943-1944
1943: tracer studies with Uranium-free fission products (zirconium, columbium,
ruthenium, barium,etc.); decontamination studies on animals being undertaken by Drs.
Copp and Greenberg.
1944: same as above,as well as intramuscular injections, emanation studies, radiactive
smoke and dust studies, and radioautographic studies. In the Mayreport, the first
mention of subject is included on the title page; it appears that two reports are filed from
now on, one for Product studies, one for other 48A activities * The focus on Pu had been
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Archives and Records Office
Human Radiation Experiments Search and Retrieval Project
Anna Berge Research Notes
Electronic Document Title: Bancroft/EOL
April 4, 1994
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