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Friday, November 13, 1948
Radiation Methods Used
By NU Medical School
Radioisotopes have been utilized in the diagnosis and treatment
of disease at the University College of 'Medicine since September,
1947.
The program is supervised by the Atomic Energy commission,
composed of H. B. Hunt, chairman, Harold C. Lueth, dean, A. Ross
Mclntyre and Herbert Jaeobi. The radioisotope laboratories are
located in the department of Radiology and are supervised by the
personnel of that department. A chemical laboratory is required
for preparation, standardization,
storage and dispensing of isotopes.
A physical laboratory is required
for assay of radioactivity, in
evaluation of patients, control of
dosage and detection of eontam
ination. Special precautions are
essential to prevent contamination
of equipment, premises and to
avoid over-exposure of personnel
to radiation.
New Method Offered
Radioisotopes offer a new
method for the internal adnrnnis
tration of radiation, being dis
tributed selectively to the body
tissues according to the mctabol
ism of the parujpular element ad
ministered. Radioiodine is eoncen
trated in the thyroid and its effects
are limited primarily to that one
gland.
Dramatic improvement has oc
curred in the treatment of toxic
thyroid goitre in which the re
sponse has been comparable to
that following surgery. One can
cer of the thyroid remains under
control following large doses of
radioiodine, surgery and X-ray
treatment. Radiophosphorus is ac
cumulated in the bones adjacent
to the blood forming marrow,
wherein it reduces excessive for
mation of red blood cells and
white corpuscles. All patients with
polycythemia vera have been
benefited and a few have been in
complete remission for some
months.
The radiological staff participat
ing in the program has prepared
themselves for the responsibilities
of clinical and research applica
tion of atomic medicine by at
tendance at a three weeks course
in nuclear physics at the Univer
sity of California: a conference on
"The Medical Aspects of Atomic
Explosion" held at Walter Reed
hospital, Washington, D. C; a con
ference, "Isotope Survey," at Ar
gonne National laboratories, Chi
cago, 111., and a "Symposium on
Radioiodine" held at Brookhave
National laboratory, Upton, N. Y.
Cases Treated by Radioiodine
During the past year, 21 cases
of toxic thyroid goitre and several
cases of cancer of the thyroid
have been treated by radioiodine.
Eleven cases of polycythemia vera
and seven cases of leukemia have
been treated by radiophosphorus.
Many test doses of radioiodine
have been adminstered for evalua
tion of thyroid activity, and radio
phosphorus has been used for
evaluation of malignant-change in
superficial tumors of the breast.
Basic research is being conducted
by Robert C. Rosenlof in the de
partments of Anatomy and Radio
logy concerning the effect of radio
phosphorus on hematopoiesis
through an Atomic Energy Fel
lowship. Dr. Howard B. Hunt, chairman
of the department of Radiology
and Thysical Medicine is also
chairman of the Atomic Energy
committee and of the Cancer Con
trol committee at the University
College of Medicine. He was
elected president of the Rocky
Mountain Radiological society at
Salt Lake City in August, was re
elected treasurer of the American
Radium society ond secretary of
the Nebraska division of the
American Cancer society. He is
counselor for the Radiolofiical so
ciety of North America.
Nurses
Notes
The Big Sisters of Conkling
hall honored their Little Sisters
at a costume Halloween party
Oct. 27, between the hours of
7:30 and 10:30. Witches, spooks,
corpses, devils, and even angels
were represented; but the prize
was awarded to Emarie (Oscar)
Fraas as Superman.
Capable judges were Director
of Nurses, Miss Kyle, and the
Nursing Staff. Bobbing for apples
and scavenger hunting for items
ranging from placenta cords to
interns occupied most of the
evening. Doughnuts, apples and
hot chocolate climaxed the
party.
The Junior class of Student
Nurses will be hostesses to the
faculty, staff and students of
the medical college at a Thanks
Riving Tea to be held Tuesday,
Nov. 2S, at Conkling hall be
tween the hours of 2 and 4 p. m.
IMano selections will furnish the
entertainment for the afternoon.
As a meansof earning money
and keeping the girls of Conkling
hall satisfied with eats at night,
the student council has been
selling food twice a week on
Monday and Thusday nights. A
committee of four .girls with
Joyce Miller in charge, handles
the delivery service on the re
spective nights from 8 till 10.
Profit from the sales will benefit
the student body.
The student nurses sponsored
a dance for the medical students
and friends on Friday evening,
Nov. 5, in the lower lounge of
Conkling hall. The main event
of the evening was turkey
raffle which was won by IRV
BR A VERM AN, a senior medical
student. Coffee and doughnuts
were enjoyed throughout the
dancing and between dances.
We are happy to welcome a
new member to our school of
nursing staff. Miss Caswell, a
former graduate of this school, is
now in charge of the pediatrics
department.
School of nursing will present
on t nday, Dec. 3, a Gay Nine
ties Review. This gala affair is
to be held at Conkling hall in an
atmosphere of the old gay
nineties with roulette wheels, the
traditional bouncer, a fashionable
"can-can," barbershop quartettes,
and in a setting of that era.
A king and queen (replica of
Diamond Jim Brady and Lillian
Russell) will be elected. An ad
ditional attraction will be a horse
and buggy for slow rides around
our beautiful campus (the moon
is to be furnished, atmosphere
will have to be provided by those
attending). Girls will wear fash
ions of the times and boys will
be furnished mustaches; how
ever they may also come in their
own attire.
So if you possibly "can-can"
come.
Rally Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the
Coliseum. Tassels will please wear
uniforms. Also Tassels meet in
card section at stadium at 8:15
Saturday morning.
All-School Dance
Friday Evening
Tonight is the night! the
Student Activity Council of the
University of Nebraska College
of Medicine and school of nurs
ing presents the 'Autumn Dance.'
Lee Baron's ultra-smooth music
is to provide background for this
first all-school dance of the year.
The price is $1.50 and the dress
is semi-formal. Advance ticket
sales indicate an exceptionally
good crowd this year, so plan to
attend!
MedStudcnts'
Wives Plan
NewAetivities
Mrs. Patricia Hahn, newly elect
ed president of the Medical Stu
dents' Wives club, has announced
the intention of the club to ex
pand its activities.
Future plans for the club are to
purchase and distribute Christmas
gifts for the children of the pe
districs ward of the University
hospital. Reading to the children,
taking them out for airings, and
providing other entertainment will
also be done by members in their
free time thruout the year.
Group Organized in 1930
The group was organized in 1930
by the wives of the students of
the College of Medicine, its ob
ject being to serve the University
hospital and to give the members
a chance to become better ac
quainted. Meetings are held the second
Wednesday of every month at
Conkling hall, with the usual
program consisting of a business
meeting, entertainment and re
ports of the progress of the club's
projects. The main project recent
ly has been the preparation of
layettes for the University hos
pital. Sponsors Benefit Dance
For the past five years the or
ganization has sponsored benefit
dances for the Children's Memo
rial hospital and has to date con
tributed a total of $2,000. This
year the dance will be held Feb. 5
at the Omaha Field club.
The membership of the club
has grown from 64 members in
1937 to its present membership of
190.
TONIGHT IS
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Dancing 9 until 12
Couples Only
AIm. 1.30 per ooupl
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Gustavson Will Address
Med Convo December 2
The Chancellor's Convocation will be held Thursday, Dec. 2, at
11 a. m. in the North amphitheater. Chancellor Gustavson will talk
n the subject of recent advances in Sweden. His return from Sweden
ihis past month makes him an authority on this subject. As he intends
io discuss the scientific advances in Sweden it will be of particular
nterest to all students in the medical school.
The important role of Sweden,
in the world of medicine was ac
cented again this year with the
choice of. the Swedish physicist
Tesalius for the Nobel Prize in
physics for his work on electro
phoresis in combination with op
tical methods as a means of de
termining the size of protein mole
cules. Few recent discoveries have
been so instrumental in the ad
vance of the basic science work.
No introduction of the qualifica
tions cf Chancellor Gustavson is
needed. The convocation will offer
all a chance to again see and hear
one of the great figures in con
temporary science, and one, who
alongwith Dean Leuth, has been
most responsible in the recent tre
mendous gains in prestige of the
University of Nebraska as a center
in Medical progress.
Captain Eriiian,' 13a
Visits Med School
Captain Eugene Erman, M. C,
class of 1943, who has a residen
cy in Thoracic Surgery at
Fitzsimons General Hospital,
Denver, visited the medical
school this past week while en
route from Pennsylvania to Den
ver. He had just completed a
six-week course in Bronchos
copy at Temple University and
Saranac Lake.
Ticket Holders
All students who have se
cured tickets for the Dimitry
Markeviteh concert to be held
Sunday in the Union, but who
do not plan to go, are urged to
return the tickets to either the
Union office or the office of
the School of Music. Many mu
sic lovers are being turned
away due to the scarcity of the
tickets.
"Make mine Serenteen
ays campus Junior
Seventeen Cosmetics at first
choico of campua lovaliea
everywhere. They depend on
these fine quality cosmetic
for skin care, for glamorous
makeup. And well they may!
For Seventeen Cosmetics are
frao m poesibla of allergy
causing ingredients . . . art
priced to fit, oh so smoothly,
into campus budgets.
SEVENTEEN COSMETICS
Om Sale at
GOLD & CO.
MAIN FEATURES START
LINCOLN: "Road House," 1:20,
3:24, 5:29, 7:34, 9:39.
STUART: "Johnny Belinda,"
1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:02, 10.19. Sneak
Preview, 8.43.
NEBRASKA: "Eagle Squadron,"
1?:55, 4:30, 8:02. "Gung Ho," 2:57,
6:26, 10:04.
CAPITOL: "Mr. Peabody and
the Mermaid," 1:12, 4:33, 9:47.
"Luxury Liner," 2:42, 6:03, 9:51.
Stage 7:58.
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POORS OPEN
IDA LUPINO
CORNEL WILDL
CELESTE HOLM
RICHARD IMDMARK
"ROAD HOUSE
Where Anything Cn Happen!
TIE.: BETTY GKARt.E In Color!
NOW!
JANE
WYMAN
"JOHNNY
BELINDA"
with LEW AYRES
NEXT! THREE MUSKETEERS
mtniiimit!H""iHin!!t'li'll!iimM
Hilin'l
NOW SHOWING!
I ALL TIME HITS!
RANDOLPH SCOTT
ROBERT MITCHUM
I'lnn
Jon HaU-Robt Stack
"Eagle Squadron"
DOORS OPEN !.: 44c to I'. M.
AMATEUR NITE!
On Our Stage at 8:00!
4 TOP ACTS!
8 infer! Dancers! Musicians!
On the Scrcrn
JANE POWELL
GEORGE BRENT in
"LUXURY LINER"
In Technicolor
I'lus!
"Mr. Pr.koiy and the
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Sunday!
"TP ttooti" in Technicolor
rius "Checkered Coat"
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