“…dying with too little blood after suffering from too muchwould have attracted more attention if it had been seen as often as it has by us and by other observers (Masouredis and Lawrence, 1957;Reinhard and Hahneman, 1957;Tubiana et al, 1961 ;Modan and Lilienfeld, 1964;Osgood, 1964aOsgood, , 1964bPerkins et al, 1964;Halnan andRussell, 1965 Modan, 1965;Szur and Lewis, 1966). The only possibility of estimating the increased risk that radiophosphorus-treated patients have of dying of marrow failure is to refer again to Videbmk's series.…”