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del Rey, Lester. The World of Science Fiction: 1926-1976: The History of a Subculture. New York: Ballantine, 1979.
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"Nerves"
by Lester del Rey

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Publishing Data

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Originally published in Astounding, September 1942; unanimously voted best in that issue by readers.
Collected in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Vol. IIA

The issue of Astounding in which this story appeared was stamped "Secret" and workers at Oak Ridge, one of the bases for the Manhattan Project to produce a nuclear bomb, were refused permission to read it without clearance. (del Rey 108-9)

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Doctors treating victims of an accident at an atomic converter plant also assist in the quest for a way to stop the chain reaction before it creates the destructive Isotope R.
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Note all of the different references to "nerves" throughout the story.
Note the casual extrapolation of advances in medical treatment throughout the story.
Sources

del Rey, Lester. The World of Science Fiction: 1926-1976: The History of a Subculture. New York: Ballantine, 1979.

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