SUGGESTED REFERENCES Technical Books |
Radioactive Isotopes in Medicine and Biology, Solomon Silver, Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106, 1962, 347 pp., $8.00. Atomic Medicine, Charles F. Behrens and E. Richard King (Eds.), The Williams & Wilkins Company, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, 1964, 766 pp., $18.00. The Practice of Nuclear Medicine, William H. Blahd, Franz K. Bauer, and Benedict Cassen, Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Springfield, Illinois 62703, 1958, 432 pp., $12.50. Progress in Atomic Medicine, John H. Lawrence (Ed.), Grune & Stratton, Inc., New York 10016, 1965, volume 1, 240 pp., $9.75. Radiation Biology and Medicine, Walter D. Claus (Ed.), Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Reading, Massachusetts 01867, 1958, 944 pp., $17.50. Part 7, Medical Uses of Atomic Radiation, pp. 471-589. Radioisotopes and Radiation, John H. Lawrence, Bernard Manowitz, and Benjamin S. Loeb, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York 10036, 1964, 131 pp., $18.00. Chapter 1, Medical Diagnosis and Research, pp. 5-45; Chapter 2, Medical Therapy, pp. 49-62. Popular Books Atoms Today and Tomorrow (revised edition), Margaret O. Hyde, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York 10036, 1966, 160 pp., $3.25. Chapter 9, The Doctor and the Atom, pp. 79-101. Atomic Energy in Medicine, K. E. Halnan, Philosophical Library, Inc., New York 10016, 1958, 157 pp., $6.00. (Out of print but available through libraries.) Teach Yourself Atomic Physics, James M. Valentine, The Macmillan Company, New York 10011, 1961, 192 pp., $1.95. (Out of print but available through libraries.) Chapter X, Medical and Biological Uses of Radioactive Isotopes, pp. 173-184. Atoms for Peace, David O. Woodbury, Dodd, Mead & Company, New York 10016, 1965, 259 pp., $4.50. Pp. 174-191. The Atom at Work, Jacob Sacks, The Ronald Press Company, New York 10010, 1956, 341 pp., $5.50. Chapter 13, Radioactive Isotopes in Hospital and Clinic, pp. 244-264.
Articles Ionizing Radiation and Medicine, S. Warren, Scientific American, 201: 164 (September 1959). Nuclear Nurses Learn to Tame the Atom, W. McGaffin, Today’s Health, 37: 62 (December 1959). How Isotopes Aid Medicine in Tracking Down Your Ailments, J. Foster, Today’s Health, 42: 40 (May 1964). Nuclear Energy as a Medical Tool, G. W. Tressel, Today’s Health, 43: 50 (May 1965).
Reports Radioisotopes in Medicine (SRIA-13), Stanford Research Institute, Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, Virginia 22151, 1959, 180 pp., $3.00.
The following reports are available from the Superintendent of Documents, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. 20402. Isotopes and Radiation Technology (Fall 1963), P. S. Baker, A. F. Rupp, and Associates, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, 123 pp., $0.70. Radioisotopes in Medicine (ORO-125), Gould A. Andrews, Marshall Brucer, and Elizabeth B. Anderson, 1956, 817 pp., $6.00. Applications of Radioisotopes and Radiation in the Life Sciences, Hearings before the Subcommittee on Research, Development, and Radiation of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, 87th Congress, 1st Session, 1961, 513 pp., $1.50; Summary Analysis of the Hearings, 23 pp., $0.15.
Motion Pictures Available for loan without charge from the AEC Headquarters Film Library, Division of Public Information, U. S. Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, D. C. 20545 and from other AEC film libraries. Radioisotope Applications in Medicine, 26 minutes, black and white, sound, 1964. Produced by the Educational Broadcasting Corporation under the joint direction of the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission’s Divisions of Isotopes Development and Nuclear Education and Training, and the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies. This film traces the development of the use of radioisotopes and radiation in the field of medicine from the early work of Hevesy to the present. Descriptions of the following are given: study of cholesterol and arteriosclerosis; cobalt labeled vitamin B12 used to study pernicious anemia; history of iodine radioisotopes and the thyroid; brain tumor localization; determination of body fluid volumes; red cell lifetime; and use of radioisotopes for the treatment of various diseases. Medicine, 20 minutes, sound, color, 1957. Produced by the U. S. Information Agency. Four illustrations of the use of radioactive materials in diagnosis and therapy are given: exact preoperative location of brain tumor; scanning and charting of thyroids; cancer therapy research; and the study of blood diseases and hardening of the arteries. Radiation Protection in Nuclear Medicine, 45 minutes, sound, color, 1962. Produced by the Fordel Films for the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery of the U. S. Navy. This semitechnical film demonstrates the procedures devised for naval hospitals to protect against the gamma radiation emitted from materials used in radiation therapy.
The following films in the Magic of the Atom Series were produced by the Handel Film Corporation. They are each 12½ minutes long, have sound, and are in black and white. The Atom and the Doctor (1954) shows three applications of radioisotopes in medicine: testing for leukemia and other blood disorders with radioiron; diagnosis of thyroid conditions with radioiodine; and cancer research and therapy with radiogallium. The Atom in the Hospital (1961) (available in color and black and white) illustrates the following facilities at the City of Hope Medical Center in Los Angeles: the stationary cobalt source that is used to treat various forms of malignancies; a rotational therapy unit called the “cesium ring”, which revolves around the patient and focuses its beam on the diseased area; and the total-body irradiation chamber for studying the effects of radiation on living things. Research with these facilities is explained. Atomic Biology for Medicine (1956) explains experiments performed to discover effects of radiation on mammals. Atoms for Health (1956) outlines two methods of diagnosis and treatment possible with radiation: a diagnostic test of the liver, and cancer therapy with a radioactive cobalt device. Case histories are presented step-by-step. Radiation: Silent Servant of Mankind (1956) depicts four uses of controlled radiation that can benefit mankind: bombardment of plants from a radioactive cobalt source to induce genetic changes for study and crop improvement; irradiation of deep-seated tumors with a beam from a particle accelerator; therapy of thyroid cancer with radioactive iodine; and possibilities for treating brain tumors.
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