Monograph by prof. E. D. Dubovoy is devoted to a topical issue. The material for the book was the author's extensive personal experience in the therapeutic use of radioactive phosphorus, as well as literature data of Soviet and foreign authors. Thus, the monograph illuminates the experience of using radioactive phosphorus for therapeutic purposes. The book is intended for a wide range of practitioners and scientists involved in radiology.

The book was compiled by a group of British scientists. The basic information on the physics of radioactive radiation, on their effect on all living things, on the fallout of radioactive substances after nuclear explosions is presented in a popular form. Thus, the reader is given a complete picture of the current state of these problems.

The decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR signed by V. I. Lenin on the nationalization of pharmacies was issued in 1918, but it was implemented in 1919.