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Front Matter i-iv
Call To Order by the Chairman Dr I S Ravdin 1-1
Opening Remarks dr M C Winternitz 2-2
Greeting Dr Detlev W Bronk 3-8
Introductory Remarks the Scope of the Burn Problem by Dr Everett I Evans 9-12
Radiation Component of Atomic Bomb Explosions by Dr William T Ham Jr 13-13
Discussion by Commander E P Cronkite 14-15
Physiologic Problems Concerned With Flame Throwers by Dr James M Walker 16-24
Dr W J H Butterfield 25-37
Dr James W Brooks 38-52
Electrolytes and Water Dr Oliver Cope 53-53
Dr o J Purnell 54-54
Globin Dr Max M Strumia 55-60
Dr Robert B Pennell 61-62
Dextran Dr Gunnar Thorsen 63-76
Gelatine Dr J L Oncley 77-85
Dr I S Ravdin 86-93
Dr Everett I Evans 94-97
Renal Disturbance by Dr Charles H Burnett 98-106
Respiratory Trace Injury in Man by Dr Maxwell Finland 107-108
General Aspects by Dr George W Thorn 109-124
Relation To Burns by Dr J S L Browne 125-137
The Metabolic Response To Thermal Injury by Dr Francis D Moore 138-149
Discussion 150-151
Closed Dressing Principle by Dr Harvey S Allen 152-165
Exposure Method by Colonel Edwin J Pulaski 166-168
Dr a B Wallace 169-176
Discussion 177-185
Mode of Infection and Its Control by Dr Leonard Colebrook 186-206
Antibiotic Therapy in Burns by Dr William a Altemeier 207-222
Discussion by Dr Fredrick J Stare 223-229
Early Debridement of Burn Wound Pyruvic Acid by Dr Samuel C Harvey 230-243
Streptokinase Streptodornase by Dr Williams S Tillett 244-251
Dr James F Connell Jr 252-252
Early Skin Grafting by Dr J Barrett Brown 253-268
The Burned Hand by Dr Sumner L Koch 269-280
Introduction by Dr Truman G Blocker Jr 281-292
Triage and Evacuation by Colonal Paul Hayes 293-296
Civil Defense Planning by Dr Robert H Flinn 297-298
General Review and Restatement of Problems by Dr Everett I Evans 299-305

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Proceedings: Symposium on Burns, November 2-4, 1950 (1950)

Chapter: Radiation Component of Atomic Bomb Explosions by Dr William T Ham Jr

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Proceedings: Symposium on Burns, November 2-4, 1950 (1950)

Chapter: Radiation Component of Atomic Bomb Explosions by Dr William T Ham Jr