Atomic Cocktail

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20161725

Description

Carl A. Perry, 44 year old construction worker, one of the first adults in Texas shown drinking an Atomic Cocktail. Perry is under the supervision of four doctors who administer the radioactive medical program. They hope this would reduce the cell-making activity of the bone marrow. Perry suffers a condition, polycythemia, a rare blood disorder. Perry helped build the Oak Ridge atomic energy plant in 1944 and did not know that from the plant also would come radioactive materials that may defeat powerful diseases, including his own. Published in Fort Worth Star-Telegram evening edition April 7, 1952.

Archival Date

1952-04-07

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-3079

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

Radioactive substances; Sick persons