An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2022 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

15961 entries, 13944 authors and 1935 subjects. Updated: March 22, 2024

MARTLAND, Harrison Stanford

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Some unrecognized dangers in the use and handling of radioactive substances.

JAMA, 85, 1769-76, 1925.

From autopsies on several young women who had painted radium dials, and ingested large cumulative doses by licking their brushes, Martland, medical examiner of Essex County, New Jersey, provided evidence that ingestion of radium could lead to serious illness and death. With Philip Conlon and Joseph P. Knef.



Subjects: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & MEDICINE , TOXICOLOGY, TOXICOLOGY › Radiation Exposure