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Dr. Earl R. Miller, 55 Ashbury Terrace, San Francisco, California, stated that in 1945-1947, he taught at the University of California Medical School as Assistant and later Associate Professor; that he became a full Professor in 1949; and that his specialty was radiology. about the 1945-1947 period, he was assigned 1/2-day, two days per week to handle or operate a health safety program for the Production Facilities of the University of California. He stated that also during Dr. Miller stated that Dr. Stafford Warren had charge of the medical program for the Production Facility and that Dr. Joe Hamilton worked for him. He stated that Drs. Ken in connection with the project. checking radiation levels in connection with his health safety responsibilities. Dr. Miller stated that he remembers patient CAL-1 but does not recall having had any connection with this case, although he may have been called in to do patient's records because this was not his patient. not recall the name of the attending physician. Scott and Maurey Daley did blood count and urinalysis He said that he visited their activity in He said that he would not have entered any orders on the He said that he does Dr. Miller stated that he does not believe that he made the injection of radioactive materials into patient CAL-1, nor does he remember Dr. Scott having given him the materials for the injection. Dr. Miller was told that the hospital records contained an entry reflecting an order by him concerning the disposition of urine and feces samples taken from patient CAL-1 which were to be given to him or to Dr. Scott. also shown a letter dated April 15, 1946, to Dr. Scott from Edwin R. Russell Concerning a proposed exchange of samples from the patients injected with
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plutonium, and a letter to him dated May 4 , 1946, from Mr. Russell concerning his choice of the T.T.A. method for unine analysis. He said that he does not recall any order or agreement concerning the collection of urine or feces or the letters of April 15 and May 4, 1946. not know what the T.T.A. method for urine analysis is or how it applied He said that he does to this case. Dr. Miller stated that he does not know of any other cases involving the injection of plutonium at the University of California or any other locaDr. Miller was asked concerning Dr. Paul Aggeler whose name appears in the hospital records of patient CAL-4 as having had the patient transferred from the Chinese Hospital to the University of California Hospital for examination on two occasions. He said that to the best of his knowledge, Dr. Aggeler is deceased.