Report of the Royal Commission on the Use of Radium and X-Rays in the Treatment

Ontario; Royal Commission on the Use of Radium and X.-Rays in the Treatment of the Sick

ISBN 10: 1330543777 / ISBN 13: 9781330543771

Editore: Forgotten Books, 2018

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• Titolo: Report of the Royal Commission on the Use of Radium and X-Rays in the Treatment
• Editore: Forgotten Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1330543777
• ISBN 13: 9781330543771
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: New
• Tipo di libro: print-on-demand item
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • General Medicine

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Excerpt from Report of the Royal Commission on the Use of Radium and X-Rays in the Treatment of the Sick, Etc, 1932

Your Commission was organized early in June, 1931, and pursued its enquiry as directed by order-in-council, first in Ontario, then in the United States, in the British Isles, and in European countries. Subsequently further investigation was made in the United States and in other parts of Canada. Finally there were meetings with medical bodies and individual medical men at various points in Ontario.

Because departmental control of both the prevention and the cure of disease is under the Department of Health, the Minister of Health, Hon. J. M. Robb.

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