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Show . . t - .v I y - . , : : -: Atomic Benefits 'VasTf UtdhPhysiciansHear - Actual and potential benefits of atomic energy are of equal Impact to .. the ' tremendous destructive power of the stomic bomb. Dr. Shields Wsrren, Boston, Wednesday Wednes-day told delegates at the 64th annual an-nual meeting of the Utah State Medical Assn. on the University of Utah campus. " Xr. Warren If director of the division of biology and medicine of the United Statea atomic energy commission, pathologist of the New England Deiii'inisss hrmpltal in, Bosten -and professor of pathology pathol-ogy at Harvard medical school. He Is one of several outstanding visiting physicians who will address ad-dress the three-day convention of Utah doctors. . Therapeutic "Beaeflts Benefits from atomic energy immediately applicable to therapy were listed by Dr. Warren as: I 1. Production .of radioactive cobalt as a satisfactory substl-itute substl-itute for radium. 2. Provision of radioactive I phosphorus ss a therapeutic agent I for certain types of leukemia and for polycythemia vera.. ( - 3. Radioactive "iodine ss a means of treating Inoperable cases of hyperthyroidism or thyroid cancer.-- 4. Radioactive colloidal gold aa a means,) sreettmr certain Jypes of inoperable cancer. 5. Availability of radioactive substances for some useful .diagnostic .diag-nostic procedures such ss determination deter-mination of circulation time and determination of blood volume. "Only time will tell what other therapeutical benefits may develop." de-velop." Dr. Warren said, "but in the field of research, less immediately immedi-ately but no less surely applicable to human- welfare, the advances are astounding."- Valuable as Microscope He declsred the research tool provided by radioactive tracer elements ele-ments is of aa great fundamental Bee Page I, Columa I " , ' a A-BenefilsVast Doctors Hear CeatlBued from Pags Oew Importance aa was the Invention " of tne microscope. "The - unraveling of - biologic processes that may occur in the near" future la unbelievable," he said. Thla la trus In biology in its broadest sense." Atomic energy's Implication for the race as a whole ahould be kept constantly in the minds of members mem-bers of the medical profession. Dr. Warren told the doctors. "It is s power that can either deatiuy ua ae impel ua to roaita startling ad-vancee," ad-vancee," he warned. Dr. Orut A. Ogilvla, Salt Lake City, la the association president, j During the convention Dr. Conrad H. Jsnsea will succeed him automatically auto-matically and a new president-elect will be named. j |