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Re: Tracking the origin...30-mCi rule, part 2



Actually, it was *Edith*. She was in the Dept of Radiology at 
Columbia-Presbyterian for many years. Among other things, she was (I 
believe) the first person to use film for the dosimetry of personnel. But 
this is a great find!!

cja
alstoncj@georgetown.edu

At 10:31 AM 11/29/00 -0600, you wrote:
>E.H. Quimby helped prepare NBS Handbook 56 and if he (or any of the authors
>below) was also on The Advisory Committee on Isotope Distribution of the
>Atomic Energy Commission, the answer may lie with a reference cited in
>Handbook 56:
>
>L.D. Marinelli, E.H. Quimby, and G.J. Hine, Dosage  determination  with
>radioactive isotopes. II. Practical considerations in therapy and
>protection. Am J. Roentgenol. and Radium Therapy 59, 260 (1948).
>
>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>This is a note I sent to Dr. Siegel in reference to his article Tracking
>the Origin of the NRC 30-mCi Rule that was in The Journal of Nuclear
>Medicine in October (Vol. 41, No. 10).
>
>I have been looking through some of our archival materials (NBS handbooks
>from as early as 1938) and did find a reference that predates those cited
>in your article. It is in NBS Handbook 56 dated October 1953 (Safe handling
>of cadavers containing radioactive isotopes). From the General
>considerations, page 2:
>
>"The Advisory Committee on Isotope Distribution of the Atomic Energy
>Commission advises  that all patients receiving large doses  of
>radioisotopes  be hospitalized  until the isotope content is not more than
>30 mC."
>
>I'll look a little longer, but it may now be easier to track the origin as
>the specific committee that came up with it is known.
>
>DJWhitfill

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