An Interactive Annotated World Bibliography of Printed and Digital Works in the History of Medicine and the Life Sciences from Circa 2000 BCE to 2024 by Fielding H. Garrison (1870-1935), Leslie T. Morton (1907-2004), and Jeremy M. Norman (1945- ) Traditionally Known as “Garrison-Morton”

16061 entries, 14144 authors and 1947 subjects. Updated: December 10, 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