Atomic Medicine
Baltimore, MD: The Williams & Wilkins Company, 1964. Fourth Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. xv, [1], 766, [2] pages. Illustrations. References. Isotope Table. Selected Symbols, Units and Definitions. Index. Cover has some wear and soiling. Ex-library with usual markings and some blacked out. Dr. Behrens was a Presidential Physician to Franklin Roosevelt. He was a naval officer, retiring with the rank of Read Admiral. He was a Fellow, American College of Radiology. He was the, or an, Editor of Atomic Medicine through its first five editions. Dr. King became a co-editor for this edition, was at the time of this publication was a Captain in the Medical Corps of the United States Navy (ret.). He was Professor and Chairman of the Division of Radiation Therapy and Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, Medical College of Virginia and formerly was the Chief of Radiology at the U.S> Naval Hospital at Bethesda, Maryland. The Preface to the Fourth Edition states, in part, "Aside from the radiological perils of nuclear warfare, there is an ever increasing concern and alarm along with much controversy about the fallout perils of nuclear testing and the dangers of clinical radiology". The changes in this fourth edition are preponderantly the results of advances in medical and research applicaitons of radioactive isotopes. Contains chapters on Atomic Physics, Nuclear Reactors, Nuclear Bombs, Effects of Nuclear Weapons, Ionizing Radiation, Radiation Detection and Measurement, Total Body Irradiation, Hematology, Postradiation Protection, Acute Radiation Injury Diagnosis, Radiotoxicity, Fallout Radiation, Radiation Damage, Radiation Genetics, Permissible Dose, Dosimetry, Radioisotope, Thyroid Disease, Gastrointestinal Tract, Radioiodine Therapy, Radioactive Phosphorus, Radiocolloids, Particle Accelerators, Teletherapy, Brachytherapy, Oral Effects, Dentistry, Condition: Good.
Keywords: Radiology, Radioisotopes, Atomic Medicine, Radioiodine, Radiophosphorus, Ionizing Radiation, Radiologic Safety, Disaster Planning, Atomic Bomb, Radiation Effects, Weapon Effects, Fallout Radiation, Radiation Damage, Radiotoxicity, Dosimetry, Radioio
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