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. Medical Research Progran -Colonel Tarren has suggested L5at I stmmrize the biological research program h i c h xas agreed upon in our conference with you and p;. i;'ktr. Kennedj on 25 August 194.4. with 8relatively high priority will consist of three parts: plutonium inthe =creta and in tissues and of ionization Gethods of detecting plutonium in t h e lungs. This program which will be pursued 2. Anj=nal q eri ment ation to check the methods des3. Tracer experiments on hurnans t o deternine the percentage of plutonium excreted Wly. %en satisfactory analytical methods have been developed in t h i s laboratcry tha problea of carrying out furtner metabolic studies will be turned over t o another Esdical group, presumably the Rochester a serios of eqs rim nts xi th plutonium supplied by this project t o determine the lethal dose i n anis;;als. It isis also dzcidzd t h a t tae Rochester group should undertake It is felt tht at eq or ary staff of ten or eleven people KLll be requirad to coq let e the above program xithin a rsa5011able period of t h a . This xill includs four chedsts, four chczical techwill rerain w r ~ ~ nerd yvit'n the Ik d icd Group t o test for ?lutonfum in the excreta of the Tor!dcg personnel. O n l y th9 physicist a d tm technicians m e nezded t o coz?lete the Froposed te q or ary staff; arrangemnts have Seen Fade to secure.thsse pcople. ham t h e actitrities of the above group suprvised by an advisory cod tte e represecting the ched s try, physics and Eedical divisions. It is planned t o Considerable additional laboratory space or fill be needed for If theQ bililding can be obtained, this will size of the (z building. all oxus to have a roon t o hcuse the anis13 and carry cut dirty operations (ashing and drying of tissues, etc.) and another f o r electronics. This dll a zo mt to about 1509 square feet, the app-oxinate
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ft w i l l also be nscassary for us to have a ncountf?lp, shack" cutside the Technical Area as ne trill be cczlcerned orleh the detection of very hemtology laboratory (G-1) acthe medical offica be retainea at least until tho tecqora,y progran-has been coqleted. that d t h tne personnel and i'acilities uutlined above the program can be couqleteci in four months. It 13 proposed thst the present it is hoped