DOCUMENT K


				MINUTES

		ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

			     NINTH MEETING

				Held at

		     Atomic Energy Commission Building

		      1901 Constitution Avenue, N. W.

			      Washington, D. C.

				 May 8, 1948


are being established at Oak Ridge, and of a meeting held
recently in Washington with the Medical Board of Consultants
of Oak Ridge Institute in regard to the problems and program
to be established.  A full time clinical director is to be
appointed with a sufficient staff to care for a 30-bed
hospital unit.  Dr. Bowers stated that free distribution of
isotopes had been made by Dr. Paul C. Acbersold to 80
institutions for cancer research.  Dr. Bowers further
reported ont he receipt of a letter from N. A. Whiffon,
Officer in Charge, Scientific Research Liaison Office,
Australian Embassy regarding the use of radioactive
phosphorus and radioactive iodine in the treatment of cancer
and leukemia.

Executive Session

Human Experimentation

	The question of the use of radioactive isotopes and
other sources of radiation in human experimentation was
discussed and it was the sense of the Committee that Dr.
Warren should explicitly express their view to Dr. Stone to
the effect that they would look with disfavor on mush
experimentation.  End of executive Session.

Other Business

	Other Business:  The next meeting of the Advisory
Committee for Biology and Medicine was set for Friday and
Saturday, June 11 and 12, 1948, at the Argonne National
Laboratory in Chicago, Illinois.

	The meeting adjourned at 5:00 p.m.