FOOTNOTES [1]This is mathematical shorthand for 1.08 followed by 24 zeros, or 1.08 million billion billion. [2]Medicines such as “Radithor” and “Radium Water” were manufactured and sold before it was known that overexposure to radioactivity was harmful. Transcriber’s Notes --Retained publication information from the printed edition: this eBook is public-domain in the country of publication. --In the text version only, underlined or italicized text is delimited by _underscores_. --Where possible, UTF superscript and subscript numbers are used; some e-reader fonts may not support these characters. --In the text versions only, other superscript text is preceded by caret and delimited by ^{brackets}. --In the text versions only, other subscripted text is preceded by underscore and delimited by _{brackets}. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Whole Body Counters, by John H. Woodburn and Frederick W. Lengemann