Careful Itradiation — Use Urge by Expert By Cliff Thompson ? e| A Bids for extremely conservative use of irradiation in pregnant women and children and a_ rigid inspection of radiation equipment concluded the 14th annual Ogden Surgical Society meetings yesterday afternoon. A ‘prominent pediatrician - ‘gaid radiation should be avoided during the first three months of pregnancy except. as a life saving measure and used as sparingly as. possible i in infants and children. “Pre and_ post-natal irradiation hazards for children. are becoming increasingly ‘well documented,’’ re- ported Dr. Clifford G. Grulee, ‘pro- current status of the RH problem, radioiodine in diagnosing and treating thyroid disease and_ genitourinary complications of ae surgery. : ASKS RIGID INSPECTION Dr. Grulee called for a rigid inspection program to make ‘sure all equipment used in radiation. treat ment and diagnosis is calibratec : aie elon the use of 4 ‘adi i tion. Dr.’ Grulee said this Is necessary so the public will become aware of the’ problems. of irrida- fessor of pediatrics. at Tulane Uni- tion. without° stampeding. - through half-informed fear ing rejecti ing its versity School of Medicine. 4. 3 Pa Other speakers at the concluding beneficial uses: The doctor also pointed io: a cneed afternoon Sessions discussed _the for continual improvement of radiation equipment and the skill of the technician operating it. aCe TRAGIC HISTORY Grulee -said diagnostic and =Fa ae ie adults ae radiation than S from _OF OGDEN’S OLDEST ‘PHYSICIANS are en- ba ed-in one of the concluding lectures at the Og‘Surgical Society meetings. The two, Dr. Joseph rell (right) and Dr. Edward I. Rich, represent more. n a century of medical practice in the aoe area. ‘in which he reported there has been no changes or developments in p_— ry Rei s perma ithis field during the past Smith discussed Ae few months. He divided the RH problem ‘into two categories: the still births or the deaths immediately after birth due to RH factor and brain. damage due to RH. 3 | Dr. le lecture on the handling of RH probilems from a_ technical standpoint clues by which the physician can detect the possibility of brain damage and offered advice on when and how. @Xchange transfusions. should bel made. | | ae ee a 5 ow WA WE Se wo Ww @ =e @ oY Sos and “the earlier the damage is Be sustained the greater will be. the damage,” he said. oO Dr. Hamish W. McIntosh said radioiodine is a ‘useful. adjunct but won’t make the diagnosis’ in thyroid disease. | It has very little value in: the || treatment of eancer of the thyroid with surgery still the mainstay, he | reported. Dr. McIntosh is assistant professor of medicine at the University of British Columbia. Dr. J. Hartwell Harrison reported recent surgical developments | that’ reduced the incidence ‘of gen| ito-urinary complications of general surgery. | Dr. N athan J: Smith deliveres a o> injury —— eee therapeutic radiation has had an exciting though often tragic his-| tory. He said the medical profession {is still relatively ignorant in its biological use. The young is more susceptible to | ~ SE _ Dr.