Kenneth G.Scott
(folder: Reprints 1951-1952) excerpts from the Medical and Health Physics Quarterly
Reports:
Jan-Mar 51: Hamilton's project included Astatine studies on the anterior chamber of the
eye. Hamilton administered 500 mg potassium iodine for a week, then a shotofastatine,
to see if it would break up a cyst in the cornea. There were noplansto repeat the
experimentunless there was some improvement.
Also working on the thyroid andastatine studies were Scott, John Z. Bowers (formerly
Assistant Director of the Division of Biology and Medicine, AEC), Dr. C.W.Asling
(Assistant Professor of Anatomy), and Dr. Stuart Lindsay (Associate Professor of
Pathology at U.C. Med.).
Tracer studies speing undertaken by Scott, H. Foreman, and J. Crowley) included studies
of Ruthenium 97, Molybdenum 99,Palladium 103, Rhodium 105, Terbium!60,
Rhenium 183, 184, fridium 190, 192, and Lead203, They weretrying to studytheeffects
of versene on depositions of radioactive materials.
Jul-Sept 51: Tracer studies (Scott, Crowley, Patricia Wallace) of Tungsten 181 ;
Thallium 200,201, 202, Gold 196, and Thulium !70.
Apr-June 51: Tracer studies (Scott, Crowley) of Platinum 191, 193| tridium 192,
Mercury!96, 197, Bismuth206, and Rhodium 105,
folder Reprints 49-50 also has more quarterly reports, with more summariesof tracer
studies by Scott, Crowley, Hamilton, and others.
Oct-Dec 52: Tracer studies--versene studies (Hamilton and Scott) to look for a procedure
with results in the greater than normal elimination of radio-materials from the body; they
were specifically looking at sodium and calcium salts of ethylene diaminetetraacetic
acid, using Pu as the substance studied. Hamilton and Scott were also both involved in a
study of inhalation effects of aerosols in monkeys using Pu oxide, and radiopotassium
studies. Hamilton was also involved in rat astatine studies with Wallace, and Scott was
conducting curium tracer studies with others.
misc. folder: There is a talk abstract from Scott and Henry F. Albronda of UC Med from
Apr 19, 67: "A controlled study of Rb86 Kinetics of erythrocytes from Schizophrenics”.
Blood samples were taken from 15 schizophrenic patients at Langley Porter
Neuropsychiatric Institute and a control group of 19 members of the Medical Center
adacemicstaff; the blood was then treated with rubidium. talk abstract from Apr. 14,
67is entitled "A controlled study of Rb86 erythrocyte kinetics of female patients with
cancer of the reproductive system”; it was presented by Scott and Edmund W.Overstreet.
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Archives and Records Office
Human Radiation Experiments Search and Retrieval Project
Anna Berge Research Notes
Electronic DocumentTitle: Bancroft/misc
April 1, 1994
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