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ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION Oak Ridge, Tennessee smT-er a t tLe i.:edical School as isell as acow of the laboratory syllcbus v;e nov; use fora comRrable course given on the ' 9er kele y camps to graduate stu&,ets in the various biological s cie mes. It rust that these rill be of sone z s sistance to you and if there is my thing further I can do, @ease do not hesitate to let me h o ~ . am enclosing a copy of our curriculum given last I,t hink sie will have a very interesting session i n %ashir?gton, m d needless t o say, P;e have sone very aw te p-oblens t o take up, I n my nind, ope of the nost yessing,if not the nost ii npr tant, is the decision concerning the use of radio - iso tops by p iv zte @qj.sicians acd piva te clinics.. Generally spa king,the practice of m di cine in this s*ere is Fim ril yat the level of cme and tree ti lent of the sick 2nd dedicated t o research. my mind, it is not app - opiate to release radio-elements either for resehrch or there pe utica p fli cz ti cns to such in divi dml s or p00,A.q and tlie Comiiission for the imzediate future v;ould be best served if the allocation of rsdio - isoto.ps for h man application 3e li niko d to medical schools, large and non - pofit medical est&lishrnents such as The :Brayo Fo un ls tion tit Rochester, the Menorial Bo spite lat Iies York, and to qualified medical institutions u der rur Lc ip1,cowty,state, or federal jurisdiction. given thie matter Epe at Cie d of thought and discussed it with nccy of my colleagues, anci t o ne, atleast,the cornflairit makes fectclrs in the zp p z.isd of this entire situ tion so I am atleast ~ ~ ssin gthe idea along to you t o mull over in your own mind erid see hov; many h o l e s you may plncture i n my arguments when it comes up for discussion. We certainly have a grave r espn sibi lit y and one i n which an error in judgment i n making a decision could , aversely influence to a serious de gee the future potentialities of the apf li cz tic n of micleer Thysics tothe medical sciences. Eather, it v;ould SeeiIt that the be stint crests of the Hmever, I might have overlooked a nunber of sign if ica ht Lith very best regards,