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Were you working with Paul Ewewesel?
Well, Paul was very helpful in the Lab, and he was
a very efficious guy.
GoRobert Stone didn’t give him the
credit fie deserves. He ran that militon volt X-ray tube
from the beginning for Robert Stone, which he mentioned in
his. letter. Ca¥he later became the ambassador of isotopes
for the Atomic Energy Counisteer tow
assoctation with him.
I got interested in neutronsy this
was in the late chines ¢ \nd I
neutrons on
had a very pleasant
ompared thé-etfects of
mouse cunedeag-and how| Fanrersered with the
radtoactive phosphorous deposition fn we tissues. Cond
neutrons were very useful in causing tissue danazep @aFthat was published,
Paul did the neutron dosages, because I
wasn't in any position to do it.
Had they Begun cancer therapy at that stage?
Yes, this was during the period where we had the 60-aneh
cyclotron at Crocker Lab.
SSH:
Can you tell me about the decision to try neutron therapy
on patients?
Were you involved with that in any way?
Well, when we founds those funny particles were neutronsg‘no one knew what a neutron was in those days frerybody got
in the acypfnd I did my study, which I'm still very proud of.
(AnPie's
a very useful tool.
Some Many years later some
Russians thought they fad discovered this effect of neutrons
on the distribution of radionucl@jdes tn the body. (Ang they
published thefr great experiment as proof) aadI sent a reprint