infectious hepatitis, which would have been very serious in his weakened condition, could not be ruled out. He noted that an autopsy performed upon the man indicated significant, but low counts of radioactivity in the bone, kidney and liver, but in the order of micromicrocuries. The Committee took special note of a paper given to it which Dr. Kumatori and Dr. Miyoshi presented before a meeting on treatment of radioactive poisoning jointly sponsored by the AEC and the World Health Organization in Vienna, in 1962. This article showed how, through reproduction of fallout- like material and reconstructing where each member of the crew spent his time on the ship until it reached Japan, calculated, individual estimates of exposure were ranging from a low of 190 - 220 rads to a high of 660 to 690 rads. The patients were kept in the hospital for 14 months. they were told not to return to Upon being released, the strenuous activity of fishing and to take it easy for an additional ycar. if possible In August of 1954 they were measured with a whole-body radiation counter and their body burdens were found to be no higher than those in a control group. Recovery agents had been used on two persons during their stay in the hospital, but to little effect. One early effect noted by Dr. counts of the men, Kumatori was a severe drop in the spermatozoa some falling to zero and lasting for several months. ° Another he mentioned was a disturbance of the normal function of the liver which was not serious or severe, The men, but which was noticeable. to this day, are examined on an annual basis by Dr. Kumatori at the National Institute for Radiological Sciences where he is chief of the Clinica] in Chiba-shi, Research Division. He stated 22 survivors, usually he sees about 15 to 16 every year. — 9010355 ; near Tokyo, that of the Some of them are