The plutonium injections - The most monstrous, horrendous and appaling abominable medical crime of the 20th Century (3)

Plutonium Injections – Patient HP-6

24 July 2009, 1:00 pm

This biography is in honor of one of the patients that were injected with plutonium in Rochester, NY during WWII.

Rose & John

John B. Mousso was born 14 Nov. 1901. He was one of 12 children of Peter and Laura Mousso. In the 1920 census John is age 15 and living with his parents at 805 Garfield St. in East Rochester, NY. It was about that time that John began working at the car shops in East Rochester and he worked there for 20 years.
In 1922 John married Rosalia C. “Rose” Winterhalter (born 23 Nov 1901) in Rochester. They lived on West Ivy Street in East Rochester. They only had one son that was born in 1937.
John liked to hunt and fish and played cards with the neighbors. He also volunteered at the Fire Department and in 1936 was the Assistant Chief. Somewhere around 1940 he began working at the piano factory in East Rochester.
John was admitted to Strong Memorial Hospital suffering from Addison’s disease. Then he was injected on 1 Feb. 1946 with .325 microcuries of plutonium. That dosage is 46 times the amount of radiation a person would receive in a lifetime. John would return to Strong from 21 June to 1 July 1973 for follow-up studies. It appears that he never was told of his injections. John continued working and in 1960 he is a maintenance man for the Village of East Rochester.
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Plutonium Injections – Patient HP-5

23 July 2009, 1:00 pm

This biography is in honor of one of the patients that were injected with plutonium in Rochester, NY during WWII.

Paul Galinger

Paul R. Galinger was born 4 Jan. 1889 to Henry and Elizabeth Galinger. Paul had a younger sister Mable E. Galinger. The family is living in Waterloo, NY in the 1900 census. Also living with the family is Elizabeth’s mother Elizabeth Sharp, aged 67.
About 1910, Paul marries Allena B. —–, born about 1891. They have just one son, Paul A. Galinger that was born about 1912 and was said to be handicapped.
Paul and his family first show in the Rochester City directories in 1919 as living at 483 Lyell Ave. The 1920 census states that they lived in a rear apartment at that address. Paul is first a mechanic and then a foreman in the machine shop of American Laundry Machine on Buffalo Road. About 1926 they move to a home on Glide Street. The young Paul A. Galinger dies on 14 Aug. 1944.
In 1945 Paul is admitted to Strong Memorial Hospital suffering from pneumonia and ALS (also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease). He was described as a tall, thin man with trembling hands and slow speech. Then on 30 Nov. 1945 he was injected with .31 microcuries of plutonium. That was 44 times the amount of radiation that a person receives in their lifetime. Paul was released but didn’t live much longer. He died on 29 April 1946 at aged 57 of bronchopneumonia as a complication of his ALS. He is buried in Waterloo, NY. In 1973, Paul’s next of kin (probably his widow) refused government permission to have him exhumed.
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Plutonium Injections – Patient HP-7

25 July 2009, 1:00 pm

This biography is in honor of one of the patients that were injected with plutonium in Rochester, NY during WWII.

A young Edna

Edna J. (Mayne) Bartholf was born 7 May 1886 to John W. and Phoebe M. Mayne. John was born in England and Phoebe was born in NY State.
Edna graduated from Geneseo Normal School (now SUNY Geneseo) and was listed as a teacher in the 1910 census but she was still living with her parents in the hamlet of Morganville (Town of Stafford), Genesee County, NY
About 1923 Edna married James H. Bartholf (born 22 Mar 1885). James’ father, Louis, was born in NY State and his mother, Matilda, was born in England.
Edna was active in the Morganville Congregational Church, the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, the Ladies’ Aid Society an other civic groups.

James & Edna's tombstone

Edna was admitted to the hospital suffering from rheumatic heart disease and thyroid problems. Her husband, James, was told that Edna would be undergoing an experimental procedure but not what it was. Edna was injected on 8 Feb. 1946 with .386 microcuries of plutonium at Strong Memorial Hospital. That is 55 times a normal lifetime dosage of radiation.
Edna died on 27 Oct. 1946 at aged 60 in Stafford, NY of pulmonary failure. She was buried in the Morganville Cemetery, Town of Stafford, NY. Next of kin refused exhumation in 1973 and 1977. That was probably her husband, James, as he died in Dec. 1980. He is also buried in the Morganville Cemetery.
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Plutonium Injections – Patient HP-8

26 July 2009, 1:00 pm

This biography is in honor of one of the patients that were injected with plutonium in Rochester, NY during WWII.

Janet Stadt

Janet J. (Joseph) Stadt was born 9 Sept. 1904 to Max and Rebecca Joseph. The parents were both born in Russia.
Janet married Emmett J. Stadt in 1925 in Rochester. He was born 24 Mar 1899. His parents, Charles and Alvina lived in Webster, NY. Emmett and Janet first show together in the 1925 Rochester directory. Emmett was first a mechanic and then worked as a “truckman.” For some reason, Emmett and Janet are not living together in the 1930 census. Emmett is living with his mother in Webster. Janet is living in Greece with her sister, Rose, and her husband Louis J. Gandy. Emmett and Janet had one son, Milton C. (1 July 1934 – 25 May 2009). In 1935 Emmett and Janet are living on Dewey Avenue in Greece. They lived there for many years before moving to Stonewood Park, also in Greece. Emmett was a chauffeur for a while in the 1930s and then after that worked for Rochester Gas and Electric. Janet shows up in the Rochester directory in 1940 as a hairdresser on East Main Street in Rochester.
Janet went to Strong Memorial Hospital in 1946 suffering from scleroderma, a chronic skin disease.

Emmett & Janet's tombstone

Then on 9 March 1946 she was injected with .396 microcuries of plutonium. That is 56 times the radiation that a person just in an average lifetime. She refused to take part in follow-up studies in the 1970s.
Emmett died in September 1975 in Rochester and was buried 9 Sept. 1975 in Range 7 of Mt. Hope Cemetery in Rochester. Janet died just a few months later on 22 Nov. 1975 in Rochester of malnutrition caused by cancer of the larynx.  She was buried next to her husband.
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