spermia was found in 16 casegrtin November 1954,
e.g. about 8 months after the detonation. Both
lowering of motility and morphological abnormalities of spermatozoa were also observed.
The
testicle of the
fatal
case,
which
&&
>
died
8
8
206 days after the explosion, was remarkably
atrophic. possessing the interstitial tissue composed
3
}
of loosely arranged connective tissue. Spermatogonia were greatly decreased in number,
3
2
and in some areas they were completely lacking.
No sperm was encountered within the lumen
of either seminiferous tubules or epididymis.
pa
1954
Fig. 5.
Indications of recovery were observed at about
one year after the explosion in some patients,
but number of spermatozoa wasstill far below
normal value in all the cases. Most of them
began to reveal a sign of regeneration about 2
years after the exposure, and got children (Fig.
5 and Table 2).
Table 2.
Date;
'
1954 | 1955
-
= —.—/
ST
1955
1956
1957
[958
1959
Changes in the Number of Spermatozoa
5. Liver Function
Slight disturbances of the liver function were
found in a few cases about + weeks after the
initial exposure. Later it became more obvious,
i.e. the repeated appearance of jaundice in several
cases, an increase of serum gamma-globulin con-
Marriage and Childbirth of the Patients
1956 ! 1957,
1958 |
1959
|
1960
|
1961
1963
1962
1
Age in
March 1954
+14
15
16
M (2)
f
M (2)
M (4)
M (3)
27
38
28
30
28
f
f
27
26
22
M
f
f
m
25
25
24
22
26
18
m
3
f
M
m
f
{
M
m
IM
f
f
8
z
5
f
f
zx
M (3)
M (2) -
f
Co
23
m
M
M:----- Marriage
Meee Male
A
M (3)
x
aN = 6 CONRAN KEK DUG
wm
woh
—
i
M
m
f
oA
if
22
24
23
18
22
39
|
decree No. of children at the time of exposure
ireeees Fatal case
frreese Female
Aereees Abortus
m
27
20