AN ARTICLE CONTRIBUTED TO AN ANNIVERSARY VOLUME IN HONOR OF DOCTOR JOSEPH HERSEY PRATT
Authors: JOSEPH C. AUB
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1938)

Article1 February 1938AN ARTICLE CONTRIBUTED TO AN ANNIVERSARY VOLUME IN HONOR OF DOCTOR JOSEPH HERSEY PRATTEFFECTS OF TREATMENT ON RADIUM AND CALCIUM METABOLISM IN THE HUMAN BODY*JOSEPH C. AUB, ROBLEY D. EVANS, DARIUS M. GALLAGHER, DOROTHY M. TIBBETTSJOSEPH C. AUBSearch for more papers by this author, ROBLEY D. EVANSSearch for more papers by this author, DARIUS M. GALLAGHERSearch for more papers by this author, DOROTHY M. TIBBETTSSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-11-8-1443 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn 1924 Blum, a dentist,1and in 1925, Hoffman1suggested that radium produced necrosis of the jaw. Our knowledge of the pernicious effects of stored radium salts in human beings dates essentially from the publications in 1925 of Castle, Drinker and Drinker2and also Martland3when necrosis of the jaw in workers who had absorbed radium salts was reported and discussed. Since that time, increasing numbers of similar cases have been recorded. Other abnormal clinical results of radium have been the appearance of severe anemias as well as a high percentage of osteogenic sarcoma, first described and discussed by Martland,3...Bibliography1. BLUM T: Osteomyelitis of the mandible and maxilla (footnote), Jr. Am. Dent. Assoc., 1924, ii, 802-805. HOFFMAN, F. L.: Radium (mesothorium) necrosis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1925, lxxxv, 961. Google Scholar2. CASTLEDRINKERDRINKER WBKRCK: Necrosis of the jaw in workers employed in applying a luminous paint containing radium, Jr. Indust. Hyg., 1925, vii, 371. Google Scholar3. 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