"[Vol. 1] is a reprint of the same text formerly issued under the title of 'Radiological safety.'"

Volume I :Introduction-- Motion and energy -- Electricity and magnetism -- Electromagnetic radiation -- Atomic structure -- Natural radioactivity and nuclear structure -- Properties of nuclear radiation -- Neutron physics and fusion -- Principles of instrumentation and photographic dosimetry -- Volume II : Historical experience -- The atomic explosion -- Characteristics of an air burst -- Characteristics of subsurface and surface bursts -- Radiological warfare -- Effects of atomic of personnel -- Recognition of radiation hazards -- Measurement and evaluation of radiological hazards -- Protection of personnel -- Decontamination -- Emergency control measures -- Military organization and training for atomic defense -- Volume III : Elements of nuclear energy -- Atomic bomb and the Resultant Phenomena -- Essentials of instrumentation -- Medical effects of atomic explosion -- Biological effects of radiation -- Fundamentals of radiation pathology -- Pathological anatomy of radiation effects of atomic emplosion -- Diagnosis of ionizing radiation injury by physical examination and clinical laboratory procedures -- Therapy of radiation illness -- Treatment of acute radiation illness -- Therapy and handling of mechanical and thermal injury from the atom bomb -- Internal hazards of fission products and plutonium -- Public health aspects of atomic energy -- Radioactive decontamination problems -- Protection against atomic bombs -- Radiological defense -- Command aspects of radiological defense -- Psychological factors in atomic warfare -- The production, procurement and handling of radioisotopes -- Tracer techniques -- Radioactive isotopes in clinical medicine -- Volume IV : Introduction -- Radiation in general -- Ionization chamber -- Gas amplification -- Proportional counter -- Geiger Mueller Counter -- Scaling circuits -- Count rate meter -- Crystal and chemical detection -- Photographic dosimetry -- Cloud chambers and accelerators -- Shape and characteristics -- Calibration -- Operational instrumentation -- Description of actual instruments.