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Wraps. Zustand: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. [2], 4, [4] pages. Footnotes. Tables. Figure. References. Stamp of previous owner and some notations/marks on title page. Ink mark and correction made on page 1. Cover has some wear and soiling. It is of interest that the shorter survival time of adrenalectomized animals suggest an increased radiosensivity. The failure of adrenalectomy to increase the mortality of ionizing radiation in previous work was inconsistent with past observations on the effect of adrenalectory on stresses in general. Therefore the authors felt it desirable to repeat the previous work, determining the effect of adrenalectomy on the entire lethal dose curve. The adrenal insufficient mouse was more sensitive to irradiation than the normal mouse. The survival time in adrenalectomized mice was shortened. The cause of death in the adrenalectomized irradiated mouse was apparently due to mechanisms other than infection and hemorrhage. The author became a Brookhaven National Laboratory Senior Scientist emeritus and was a former Medical Department Chairman. While in the U.S. Navy, 1942- 54, he collaborated on developing techniques for platelet and granulocyte transfusions, both crucial for blood clotting, fighting infections and also for treating acute leukemia. In 1946, he became Head Hematologist at the Naval Medical Research Institute. In March 1954, Gene was sent to the Marshall Islands to study and treat its inhabitants and the American servicemen who were accidentally exposed to fallout from a nuclear test. In the wake of the Castle Bravo detonation, a new research section was added to the Castle Bravo Weapons Effects research section. Program 4, "Biomedical effects," was to include Project 4.1, titled "Study of Response of Human Beings exposed to Significant Beta and Gamma Radiation due to Fall-out from High-Yield Weapons." Eugene P. Cronkite of the National Naval Medical Center was designated as Project Officer.

Staple bound wraps. Zustand: Fair. Presumed First Edition. [4], 22, [2] pages. Footnotes. References. The purpose of this paper was to analyze the various lethal factors related to atomic warfare in general with particular emphasis on the effects of total body ionizing radiation which are unique to an atomic bomb explosion. Includes footnotes, summary and conclusions, references. Two pencil check marks on page 21. Some soiling to text Name stamped on front cover. Eugene P. Cronkite, MD, joined the Navy and served as a medical corps lieutenant in World War II and as a director of the Naval Medical Research Institute in Maryland. He later left the Navy and began to study the effects of nuclear fallout. Among his subsequent achievements, Dr. Cronkite identified links between radiation exposure and cancer, developed a new treatment for leukemia, and founded the International Society for Experimental Hematology. In 1971 he was elected president of ASH. This document was named The Sir Henry Wellcome Prize Essay for 1948, and was published in The Military Surgeon of January 1949. The Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) conducts health and medical research, development, testing, evaluation and surveillance to enhance the operational readiness and performance of DoD personnel worldwide. NMRC is the Navy's largest biomedical research facility and serves as the Echelon-4 headquarters command to nine subordinate Navy medical research and development (NMR&D) laboratories throughout the U.S. and overseas. The NMRC research covers infectious diseases, biological warfare defense, directed energy bioeffects, combat casualty care, dental, environmental health, bone marrow transplantation, aerospace and undersea medicine, medical modeling, simulation and mission support, warfighter performance, epidemiology and behavioral science.