RADIOACTIV CORPSES
Doctor’s Find New Hazard (N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) LONDON, May 5. The radioactive corpse—a by-product of modern medical developments—was pointed out as a new hazard, in the “British Medical Journal” today. If a radioisotope given to a patient a few days before death was forgotten, there was a serious risk to postmortem room attendants, pathologists and embalmers, the journal said. The radioactive corpse was a problem which might be overlooked, said a leading article commenting on a recent report of the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council.
Radioisotopes were not usually given to patients likely to die, but occasionally a patient who had been given one, or a dose of iodine-131, might die unexpectedly.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31362, 6 May 1967, Page 13
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