REUBEN MERIISS, M.D. A TES DPC wate oa VICENTE Ce aiP COOE C211 NMETICINE SoVD FOR VIA FL LDA AMERICAN 657 C430 ‘AREA CODE 2:31 i Cela July 15, 1980 Gordon Stemple Attorney at Law 9720 Wilshire Boulevard 4th Floor Beverly Hills, California 90212 RE: Deer Mr. Marshall At vour request « Islands Stemple: I have prepared a summary of my pinions on mv visit to the Marshall Islands. ° I was cply impressed by the kindness of the people and by crn INTERNE Sou bers OF COR SAN Mii S BlAAD r dort ao w O LM AM?:e CAN MEM aL NORTH BEVERLY xr eness and Innate courtesy, and by the willingfice speaker and the president to spend time My medical background should be set out so that these opinions may be judged. I have practiced internal medicine for thirty-five years. by the Atcmic Energy I have been accredited Commission many years ago to use radioactive isotepes in medical practice for tYeatment of cértain thyroid diseases, including hyperthyroidism, and in the diagnosis of thyroid diseeses. I think I was one of the first doctors to be so licensed for use of radioactive isotopes in their office in Los Angeles. There may have been ten or fifteen others of us at the same Six months teking ccurses time. In preparation for this licensure I at UCLA, studied about | in redioactive physics and radiation in general. I used radioisotopes for the diagnosis and treatment of thyroid disorders up until about five years ago, when space became crowded and the lerge scanner and the devotion of a rocm in my office was OFT URaTIS 28507 a7 2°