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Attached are the data on7persons for whom w e would like to obtain exhumation permission.Since neither radium nor mesothorium are involved in these7cases, our reason for requesting exhumation i s ' that we wish t o examine the remains i n order to determine the microscopic distribution of residual radioactivity PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED
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is exact lt wbat the death certif icate -says)-y--- name, nor can--I find any name cloae to what - i d - listed a a Am attaching cy of d.c. since Ican ' t read undertaker's She wab single,a teacher under the Dayton Board -of--Educat-&on; the daughter of v-b She and
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Remainder OS cam0 oh i lar to those i n Rochester, N. Y o ---- name, nor can 1: find any name close to what is listed a. funeral director in the Blue Book, eithlt in Chicago or informant I (hosp. see.), Billings Mem. Hospital, She was single,a teacher under the Dayton Board of Education, She and her father werethe daughter of born in Cincinn of birth was -9. I assume that you are willing to have JL make whatever tripr ' are necessary in order t o accomplish the- above. not the came, please let mo know ASAP@
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To Whom It May Concern: hereby authorize the disinterment and examination of the remains of m y late I ? , under the direction of the Center for Human Radiobiology, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, o r its scientific successor8 , such disinterment and examination to be for the purposes of advancing medical and scientific research and education. I authorize the transportation of said remains t o the Center for Human Radiobiology for the purpose of carrying out such examination and to retain such bone specimens asthe scienti fic personnel may deem fit. The grave site will be restored t o its original condition. All the above procedures will be accomplished a t no cost to me. Executed a b a sealed instrument on ,19-.
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40-001 - Cremated. Permission obtained and ready t o go. Clinical diagnosis was originally gastric carcinoma, changed t o gastric ulcer after surgery. Died 21yrs.later. Death certificate diagnosis: 3. Arte rio sclerotic heart disease with decompensation. 40-004 - Buccal carcinoma with metastases. Died after 160 days. Next of kin located recently but not 40-005 - Cremated. Ashes have been scattered. Died of metastatic carcinoma of breast and lymphoblastoma 17 days after injection. 40-007 - Permission refused by son. Died of bronchopneumonia and general arteriosclerosis 14 years after injection. was peptic ulcer with severe hemorrhage. 40-008 - Hemophiliac, hfiertensive. Died 2% years later of heart disease. One sister approved; one sister refused t o discuss it. 40-011 - Permission refused by wife. No o t h e r survivors. Court order later a possibility. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Died 5 months after injection.
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40-013 - Rheumatic heart disease and toxic nodular goiter. Died of lobar pneumonia 8 months after injection. permission but i sailing. Nephews and nieces identified. Died of aspiration pneumonia 1 year and 3 months Two of three second cousins refused permission, 40-017 - Died 5 days after injection. No specimens analyzed for plutonium. No family known. Next of kin not known.
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40-001 - Cremated.. Permission on hand. 40-004 - Next of kin identified but not contacted y e t . Patient died 21 years after injection. Patient died 160 days after injection. Buccal carcinoma with metastases. 40-017 - No next of kin identified as yet. 5 days after injection. Search continues. Patient died Cirrhosis of liver.