Joint Health Physics CommitteePublished Online:29 May 2014https://doi.org/10.1259/0007-1285-36-430-776SectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail AboutAbstractThis symposium, the fourth in the series sponsored by the Joint Health Physics Committee, was organised by the Faculty of Radiologists and held at the Royal College of Surgeons on Saturday, April 6. The Chairman for the morning sessions was Professor D. W. Smithers, Director of the Radiotherapy Department at the Royal Marsden Hospital and, in the afternoon, Professor R. McWhirter, Director of the Radiotherapy Department at the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh. About 250 members of the various bodies represented in the Joint Health Physics Committee attended. The subjects for discussion included the organisation for the treatment of radiation casualties, treatment after whole body exposure and local radiation injuries. Previous article Next article FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Volume 36, Issue 430October 1963Pages: 705-784 © The British Institute of Radiology History Published onlineMay 29,2014 Metrics Download PDF