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It was moved by Dr. YWsearn, seconded by Dr. Stakman and
unanimously approved that this recommendation be forwarded
to the General Uanager.
Ad Hoc Committee - Future Tests.
Ad Eoe
ComnitteeSuture
Tests
Dr. George V. LeRoy
presented a summary of the meeting held on June 7, 8, and
9, 1949 of the Ad Hoc Committee for planning future biological tests.
members:
This Committee consisted of the following
Dr, Georse VY. LeRoy, Chairman, Dr. Raymond 3.
Zirkle, Dr. Jacob Furth, Dr. Wallace D. Armstrong, Colonel
James P. Cooney, Captain 2, 3. Draeger, Dr. D. B. D4li,
Dr. Sam L. Clark, Dr. Arnold H. Sparrow and Dr. Leon
Jacovson,
Dr. LeRoy stated that forty proposals for test
projects were considered and twenty-one of the proposals
accepted,
These were arranged into a ten-point test
program as follows:
1.
<Aninal breeding colony to provide enough animals
of three "calibrated" species for testing.
&
Studyof acute radiation injury to fill in the
gaps of pathologic studies in Japan and Bikini, with
particular attention to patholosgical-physiological disturbance during the first week,
3.
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Study of thermal injury to supplement earlier
studies and to provide abasis for treatment of 4&3 thermal
injury.
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