BOCUMENT SOURCE
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Archives and Records Office
RECORDS SERIES TITLE
Applied Science Division: Scientists’ Papers - Papers of William E. Siri
ACCESSION NO.
434-91-0131
FILE CODE NO.
19-14-18
CAATON NO.
7
FOLOER NAME
COPY
Dr. Leo Meyer (Marshall Island Natives}
NOTES
FOUND BY
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Peny Hall
oe
Put 5 ec of plasma (or serum) in a vial with a crystal of thymol,
and an identifying label.
If convenient, store samples cold or frozen.
4,
Be sure to get weight and height of subjects on day total
body water is deternmined..
5.
Return the urine (and/or plasma) samples to me for tritium
assay.
We will determine the total body water values and mail
you the results,
One ce of our stock HTO contains about 350 pe tritium.
Assuming a normal biological half-time for turnover, the accumulative radiation dose in a 70 Kgm. man 1s about 17 millirads.
I still expect to leave for the Himalaya about the first
of February, however, Mrs. Rosemary Hughes will run the assays
and answer any questions you may have while I am away.
Sincerely,
William E, Sirt
ec.
R.A.Cunard,
WES/pjb
M.D.