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suiting from exposure to these radiations is very meager and 

 little understood. These radiations may be used as a tool for 

 investigative purposes or in certain instances as a therapeutic 

 agent. In either case a better understanding of their physical 

 nature and their biological effects is needed. 



The authors of Applied Biophysics are to be congratulated 

 upon their excellent presentation of a very difficult and complex 

 subject. The diversity of problems serves to emphasize the 

 importance of the field and its implications in the broad aspects 

 of medical science. 



Andrew H. Dowdy, m.d. 

 Rochester, New York 



