ATTACHMENT 2

Memorandum from Thomas Shipman, Los Alamos Health Division, 
to Drs. Knowlton and Carter, February 16, 1949.  Subject: 
"Analyses of Q-Building Blood Counts."  ACHRE No. DOE-021095-B-2, 
(1 p). 



						February 16, 1949


Drs. Norman Knowlton & Robert Carter

T. L. Shipman, M. D., Health Division

ANALYSIS OF Q-BUILDING BLOOD COUNTS

REFERENCE:LAB-H

I have recently gone over with considerable care the Analysis of Q-
Building Blood Counts which was recently submitted, gone over it 
with more interest than understanding.  As was mentioned in
the summary, it is obvious that significant changes in total and 
differential counts were, for all intents and purposes, observed 
in no group except the Bayo chemists.

It seems to me that during coming weeks a strenuous effort should 
be made to produce some useful information out of the figures
presented and I suggest a rather intensive study to produce a 
correlation between the blood counts and the individual exposures
of the Bayo group alone.  It would probably be advisable to add to 
the list as controls a few names from other groups where there 
appears to be a decreased count, and also a few obviously normal
individuals for whom records exist.

There is no question but that this report indicates that we not 
only can do fewer blood counts but also that our methods of
recording counts and exposure are pretty lousy.  I suggest that you 
discuss the overall problem with Tom White before proceding too far 
so that the work may be done in a way to produce information
useful and available to him as well as to you.


T. L. SHIPMAN, M. D.
Health Division Leader

cc:Thomas H. White
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