Smithsonian Report, 1945. — Spear 



PLATE 3 



1. Portion of Thyroid Gland, 



Left, stained section showing oval parathyroid gland on right (16). Right, automicrophotograph from 

 the same tissue block showing fogging of plate in region of thyroid gland but absence of any deposit of 

 radio iodine in the parathyroid gland (18). (Reproduced by permission from the American Journal of 

 Roentgenology.) 



2. X-ray Photograph (Left) and autoradiograph (Right) of a Section of 

 amputated leg from a young patient previously given radio strontium 



LACTATE (18). 



The strontium has been taken up by cancer (osteosarcoma) cells in the leg bone (indicated by arrow in 

 X-ray picture) and by the growing portion (epiphyseal line) of the normal thigh bone (16). (Reproduced 

 by permission from the American Journal of Roentgenology.) 



