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St. Ignatius Post
Saint Ignatius, Lake County, Montana
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Dr. J. Garrott Allen of the University of Chicago warns that atomic bomb radiation exposure, as in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, will cause acute injuries affecting all, leading to disease epidemics, nutrition problems, protein loss, and hemorrhage, with transfusions and toluidine blue as potential treatments.
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Acute irradiation injury, such as accompanied the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, will affect old and young alike and will know no economic barriers, says Dr. J. Garrott Allen, of the University of Chicago.
Speaking on "Care of Persons Exposed to Radiation," Dr. Allen stated that the wounded may become prey to all types of disease and epidemics as the result of the development of the atomic bomb, and the practical development of atomic materials.
Nutrition becomes a severe problem beginning a few days after exposure, as inflammation and swelling of the intestinal tract prevent food absorption. The loss of body protein, through increased tissue breakdown, may seriously deplete the body's protein reserves. Blood and plasma transfusions at the present seem to offer the best solution to this problem.
"Hemorrhage is also a serious complication," the professor asserted. "It can at least be partially controlled by the antiheparin drugs."
Dr. Allen, with co-workers at Albert Merritt Billings hospital at the University of Chicago, discovered the effectiveness of a commercial dye, toluidine blue, in stopping hemorrhage.
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radiation exposure leads to acute injuries, disease susceptibility, nutrition problems, protein depletion, and hemorrhage; potential treatments include blood/plasma transfusions and toluidine blue dye.
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Dr. Allen speaks on care for radiation-exposed persons, noting effects like intestinal inflammation preventing food absorption, tissue breakdown, and hemorrhage controllable by antiheparin drugs; discovery of toluidine blue's effectiveness in stopping hemorrhage at Albert Merritt Billings hospital.