( . ~ om «=F HARVARD MEDICAL SCdUOQL a (7! ~ -_ => MASSACHUSET1$ GENERAL HOSPITAL ee ey Chief of the Neurosurgical Service Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts v2ti4 WILLIAM H. SWEET, M.D., D.Sc. Professor of Surgery at the Massachusetts General Hospital Phone: (617) 726-2925 AOB175 October 2, 1970 Or. Robert A. Conard Medical Department Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, New York 11973 Dear Bob: Thank you for sending me a copy of your Medical Survey of the islanders in the Marshalls afflicted by fallout radiation in the 1954 hydrogen bomb explosion at Bikini, as well as on the control group of the Marshal ks¢ on Utirik Island. This 128-page source book of critically compiled data is certainly one of the most fascinating scientific documents we have on the chronic effects of whole body gamma radiation. I am so glad Jaw 54 that some abnormal findings have appeared in the late follow-up / oye years. I am sure that for a decade you must have felt thoroughly tg et fatigued with the whole project. I am glad you have had the tenacity " to see it through to some positive findings. Blfaction _* All the best to you, Sincercly yours, “Ty Dik William H. Sweet, M.D., D.Sc. WHS :ske Chief, Neurosurgical Service RG IVES | US BGE ARCHEN 326 US ATOMIC ERGY COMMISSION s Collection DAA - EP FILe oo Pox 642 748 EIRG notderMAEA 9 bk M Rest hp ~~