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To the Editor:— The useful editorial in The Journal (Aug. 13, 1949) on "Radiation Cataracts" calls attention to one of the hazards in the development of this field of high energy radiations. There is one point that I believe should be corrected. Certain statements in the editorial give the impression that the cataracts occurred because the limits of exposure that were then considered permissible were too high. As a matter of fact, this had nothing to do with it, because, in each instance where a radiation cataract has developed, the eye had received much more radiation than the permissible dose. In most instances the amounts received can only be estimated, as adequate measurements were not made at the time, and scientific enthusiasm not infrequently outran the maintenance of precautions. In reconstructing the circumstances of known exposures, the scientists involved agreed that they had probably received one or more acute exposures
JAMA – American Medical Association
Published: Oct 8, 1949
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