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WILLIAM H. SWEET, M.D., D.Sc.
Professor of Surgery at the
Massachusetts General Hospital
Phone: (617) 726-2925
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October 2, 1970
Or. Robert A. Conard
Medical Department
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton, New York
11973
Dear Bob:
Thank you for sending me a copy of your Medical Survey of the
islanders in the Marshalls afflicted by fallout radiation in the
1954 hydrogen bomb explosion at Bikini, as well as on the control
group of the Marshal ks¢ on Utirik Island.
This 128-page source book of critically compiled data is
certainly one of the most fascinating scientific documents we have
on the chronic effects of whole body gamma radiation.
I am so glad
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All the best to you,
Sincercly yours,
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William H. Sweet, M.D., D.Sc.
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Chief, Neurosurgical Service
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