the markey report found that between 1945 and 1947 eighteen hospital patients were injected with plutonium. the doctors selected patients likely to die in the near future. despite the doctors' prognoses, several lived for decades after. ebb cade was an unwilling participant in medical experiments that involved injection of 4.7 micrograms of plutonium on 10 april 1945 at oak ridge, tennessee. this experiment was under the supervision of harold hodge.