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cataracts and thermoneutron cataracts.

The opacity

incidence in x-ray animals and the opacity incidence in
4 MEV gamma animals is about the same level, 50 per cent
incidence.

It is almost exactly the same level,

although

‘|the lethality of MEV is much less for the 4 MEV animals.
This would be out

if it would do you all any good in figuring

DR.

DUNHAM:

Alderson Reporting Company
Washington, D. C.

MR, HARRIS:

is called a mature cataract, not threshold but 50 per cent

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DUNHAM:

What was the threshold for opacities?

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HARRIS:

They were not lookim

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DR, DUNHAM:

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that somebody can get out there and look, and establish a

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base line on these people, the better.
CDR.

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DR. DUNHAM:

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Somebody has looked.

We got a long

involved report a few days ago.

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Certainly that leaves it such that we

are going to have to look, probably the sooner the better

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for those.

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What was the gamma threshold in rabbits’

This I didn't know.

We just received it.

known it had been done either.

MAJ. HANSEN:

I had not

It is something you initiated.

I think it. actually started with the

return of the Air Weather personnel, and the other American
personnel to Tripler at which time we asked Col. Lowry, who

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out what you are going to look at these people later.

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