Vo- HIOLOGCY AND MEDICINE
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Professor harry Lake bownan, Professor of Civil Engineering of the
Drexel Institute of Technology, has been appointed « consultant to the
Division of froiogy and Medicine fur the purpose of studying disaster
plans. frofessor Sownan servec as idrector, :hysical Damage Division,
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Strategic bhombin; Survey,
one Nagasaki.
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tae effects of the atomic bomb
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Dr. Shielas Warren addressec two medical groups at Charleston, S. C.
on hoventer 4 at @ luncheon anc dirner meeting on "The Diagnostic and
Therapeutic Use of Radioactive Tsotopes" and the "Atomic Age in Medicine."
Dr. Warren delivered an address before the American Cancer Society
in New York on November © om [What “an We Expect From Atomic Energy.*
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Dr. Joln Bowers presented 4 parer prepared by Dr, Shields Warren
and nimseLf at the 76th annual meetin, of the American Public Health
Association or. November 10 in fmster on "Leboratory Handling of Radio-
isotopes .n Tancer Research,"
Dr. Rowers delivered an address wvefcre the Industrial Hygiene Foun-~
dation in Pittsburgh November 1° or '"™he ‘Tse «7 haddoactive Isotopes in the
Fiel!i of mcutrtisal Hyriene,"
Dr. James Jensen delivered an address before the Oth meeting of
the American Society of Animal Production in Chicago on November 27 on
"The Use cf 4a:iiotestorpes in Arima! terearch."
Waste Disrosal
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At a ccnference held with the
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General Maneper, Director of
Fuolic anc Teennical Information Service, Director of the Division of Engipe
neering and the Director of the Division of Biology and Medicine, it was
propesed thet . seminer on waste Gai pusai will be held in Washington on
January 2), and 2%, 19L9 with the ma or responsibility represented by the
Engineering UCivision, by representation cf, ani coordination with the
warector 0r o.. “aepy ang Medicine ir ¢ue cevelorment of the following progran
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Tha
the report on waste uLlsposal could contain a section on
OG Ofc a@spects whicn would be the responsibility of the
Duv.sion of iolopy and Medicine with regard to the plans for
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oy the Punlic Health Service.
That cn-:ite problems tucching with nealth physics and biology
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mMardly under the coer soave of Tr. H. &. Parker, Manager,
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