, PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMAVED ' Exhibit Los Alamos, New Mexico 1 July 1948 ' Statement - R. W. BSpance My first knowledge of any injury to. cans epproxinately Tuesday, May &. ~~ fend The discolored srea of hand was of a type I had not seen defore, ena I suggested to Mr. that he have his hand examined by the Health Division in case he had suffered a radiation burn. did have his hand checked end a blood count taken on the same day and another blood count taken on the following dey. The doctor in charge, I believe, was Dr. Knowlton, who did not believe that the injury was a rediation burn. So far as I know the doctors did not consider the burn a radiation burn until the arrival of ; radiation burns. a with obvious entered the hospital for treatment at the request of Dr. Hempelmann on the 16th or 17th of May. /a/ &. W. Spence R. W. Spence Exhibit D _ PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED COPIED/DOE LARL RO >” eye Se | pa ela Fae 5 = 2 Mi ‘ CLASSIFICATION CANEALL BY AUTHORITY of coclon Corbin 64642 LL |i