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BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 7 synchrocyclotron for treatment of acromegalic patients is described. Detailed procedures for preparing the patient and irradiating the pituitary gland are shown. Symptoms, diagnosis, etiology, and medical history and medical treatments also are discussed. THE ATOMIC APOTHECARY (1954). 38 minutes, black and white. Produced by Medical Film Guild, New York. Rental or purchase from the producer: rental, $17.50; purchase, $295.00, no ship- ping case included. Available for loan (free) only from USAEC headquarters. Owing to the limited number of prints, it is suggested that industrial organizations obtain the film from the Medical Film Guild and that nonprofit and educational organiza- tions and institutions obtain the film from the USAEC. Bookings from the USAEC should be made in advance for brief periods. NOT cleared for television without express permission of the producer. Film discusses radioisotope research in biology and medicine, includ- ing research in radioactive dust, calcium absorption in animals, and effects of radioiodine in their diet; use of astatine, effect on blood flow, oxygen tension studies, radioactive iron in bone marrow, arterioscle- rosis, and use of cysteine. ATOMS FOR THE AMERICAS See page 13 CHROMOSOME LABELING BY TRITIUM (1958). 15 minutes, color. Produced by the Jam Handy Organization, Detroit, for the USAEC. For sale by Byron Motion Pictures, at $53.83 per print, including shipping case, F.O.B. Washington, D. C. Avail- able for loan (free) from USAEC headquarters and field librar- ies. Cleared for television. This film discusses the advantages of tritium over other radioisotopes as labeling material in autoradiography. COBALT-60 RELOADING (1958). 8 minutes, color. Produced by George Tressel Productions, Chicago, for the USAEC. For sale from Byron Motion Pictures, at $28.37 per print, including shipping case, F.O.B. Washington, D. C. Avail- able for loan (free) from USAEC headquarters and field li- braries. Cleared for television. Describes the unloading of a 60 Co capsule from the Materials Testing Reactor at the National Reactor Testing Station in Idaho, monitoring and packing for shipment, subsequent loading of the same capsule as the radioactive source into a teletherapy machine at the Argonne Cancer Research Hospital, Chicago.