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MOPPETT, Warnford

Died Sydney 10 May 1982. Education, Sydney University (M.B., Ch.M. 1923, M.D. 1928). Research fellow, Cancer Research Committee, Sydney University, 1925-34. Medical practitioner Sydney 1935- .
  1. An investigation of the reactions of animal tissues exposed to monochromatic x-rays of different wave lengths. Medical Journal of Australia, (April 1925), 364-370.
  2. An outline of the possibilities of cancer research. Medical Journal of Australia, (May 1925), 560-564.
  3. The lethal effect of ultra-violet light on normal and malignant tissues grown in vitro. Lancet, (May 1926), 907-908.
  4. Recent work in cancer research. Medical Journal of Australia, (July 1926), 95-103.
  5. A convenient method of growing chick tissues in vitro. Medical Journal of Australia, (March 1927), 335-336.
  6. The differential action of x-rays in relation to the improvement of radiotherapy. Australian Medical Congress. Transactions, (1927), 451-455. (Supplement to Medical Journal of Australia, December 3, 1927).
  7. The differential action of x-rays on tissue growth and vitality. Part I. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B, 105 (1929), 402-421; Sydney. University. Cancer Research Committee. Journal., 2 (1931), 190-207.
  8. Some speculations on atomic structure. Sydney. University. Cancer Research Committee. Journal., 2 (1930), 27-29.
  9. An apparatus for radium teletherapy on the principle of the ferris wheel. Medical Journal of Australia, (July 1930), 79-80.
  10. The construction of an experimental x ray tube to fürnish the homogeneous K radiations of uranium. Sydney. University. Cancer Research Committee. Journal., 2 (1930), 147-152.
  11. Observations on the action of colloidal lead on an in vitro culture with reference to supplementary irradiation. Medical Journal of Australia, (November 1930), 690-692.
  12. The differential action of x-rays on tissue, growth and vitality. Part II. The biological reaction to x-radiation in relation to a phenomenon termed antagonism. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B, 107 (1930), 293-301.
  13. The differential action of x-rays on tissue, growth and vitality. Part III. The biological reaction to x-radiation in relation to the area of tissue irradiatedition Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B, 107 (1930), 302-307.
  14. The differential action of x-rays on tissue, growth and vitality. Part IV. The biological reaction to x-radiation in relation to time. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B, 107 (1930), 308-312.
  15. Theoretical aspects of radiography. Medical Journal of Australia, (May 1931), 521-523.
  16. A practical and theoretical discussion on the microscope. Sydney. University. Cancer Research Committee. Journal., 3 (May 1931), 19-24.
  17. The reaction of living tissues to homogeneous x-radiation produced by crystal diffraction. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B, 108 (1931), 503-510.
  18. Selective action of living tissue to homogeneous radiation. Nature, 129 (1932), 133.
  19. A thermo-electric instrument for measuring total x-ray energy with a determination of the practical units. British Journal of Radiology, N.S., 5 (1932), 159-168.
  20. The differential action of x-rays in relation to tissue growth and vitality. Part VI. Tumour tissues. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B, 110 (1932), 172-179.
  21. The variation of total x-ray energy with potential. British Journal of Radiology, N.S., 5 (1932), 250-251.
  22. The allantoic membrane of the chick exposed to beta radiation. British Journal of Radiology, N.S., 5 (1932), 342-348.
  23. The reaction of the allantoic membrane of the chick to x radiation. British Journal of Radiology, N.S., 5 (1932), 556-569.
  24. A note on the radio-resistance of normal and malignant cells. Sydney. University. Cancer Research Committee. Journal., 4 (1932), 95-97.
  25. A note on the x ray absorption of tissues. Sydney. University. Cancer Research Committee. Journal., 4 (1932), 98-100.
  26. A note on the distribution of radon seeds. Sydney. University. Cancer Research Committee. Journal., 4 (1932), 126-130.
  27. Some remarks on the interpretation of x ray energy curves, with reference to homogeneity. Sydney. University. Cancer Research Committee. Journal., 4 (1932), 139-143.
  28. An examination of the validity of conclusions drawn from experiments in which the allantoic membrane of the chick is exposed to x radiation. Royal Society of New South Wales. Journal and Proceedings., 66 (1932), 434-452.
  29. (Abstract) A note on apparatus used in the biophysical laboratories of the Sydney University. Report of the 5th Australian Cancer Conference (1934), 55-56; (Full text) Sydney. University. Cancer Research Committee. Journal., 5 (1933), 155-162.
  30. The significance of results obtained by exposing the allantoic membrane of the chick to homogeneous x radiation. Sydney. University. Cancer Research Committee. Journal., 5 (1934), 197-202.
  31. Fürther observations on the allantoic membrane of the embryo chick and its x-ray reactions. Medical Journal of Australia, (November 1934), 640-649.
  32. [Letter to the editor: on a form of statistical representation of the results of cancer treatment]. Sydney. University. Cancer Research Committee. Journal., 6 (1934-35), 108-110.
  33. (With G. Harker) The effect of metabolic inhibitors on the therapeutic irradiation of mouse tumours. Australian Journal of Experimental Biology and Medical Science, 14 (March 1936), 15-25.
  34. Homogeneous x-radiation and living tissues. Sydney: Australasian Medical Publishing Co., 1932.
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