-l6— anesthesias have been nade under conditions which simulate those in the racific. 40 large surface burns have been produced by the scenning technic utilizing the focussed been of @ large searchlight, end 126 smeller burns have been srodluced with megnesium flares. Imprestion of Value of Data which will be obteined and problens left unsolved. I don't think that the bio-medics1l prosren could heave been pl-nned in a more direct or simple wey in order to get the desired information. Some of the tests are more streight- forward than others end nrobably heve a better chence of giving good date. oan Sete Me Thuz,, the biolozical dosimetry is not subject to the neny unknown verisbles which determine for evample survivel studies. “These tests se2n to me to be excellant end should give valuable infornetion. The lLetnal udies are sound, elthoigh unex-ected variations in redie- (due to bomb efficiency) mey inter‘tere with the intersretation of the lerge animel studies which are based on a reletively few groups of animsls. The mouse survival studies should give good measures of the neutron end ganna ray eftects vrovided that some of the intengible factors of this type of study do not distort the results. “h oO Iv hematol-~- ogy and histological studies, although perv’orned on a limited number of snimels, should also give gord date. The numbers of ¢nimels in each group is stetisticelly sound, but I am enoigh of a biologist on the smell side. thoroughly olenned. to feel thet the semnle size ms The thernal studies heve been very The factors r which could interfere with