often seon in aneie patients and in those whose illness is accoxpanied by disturbancos in consciousness, Mr. ease included both of these conditions and it was considored probable that such fungi wore present toward the end. The question is whether these fungi did any harm. aAntibfotics must be used in general systozic conditions of this type where there is danger of infectious discases conplic ating the existing heratopoletic dysfunction; mycotic Involvement is an inevitable result of the use of these antibiotics, The doctors in the casa also took great paina to prevent this. then we appeal to antibiotics or trensfusions in the future treatment of radiation siclness wa will have to consider tha problem of fungi and viruses, Through the caze of Mr. we hive learned a great deal. Fujinorl: Ohashi: what caused the enlargonent of the right atriun? I think it erc3se from the resistance to pneunonia. The partial conditien of the richt atriun ray have oceurred froa such cau3e, although I an not certain of it. Fujimori: Dr. Ohashi and Dr. Kunatori explained in detail the problea of the liver. But the mitter of trensfusicn turns out to be aulte subtle and I believo that tha treatccnt will becoug more and tore coxrplicated. Transfuiten ds absolutely necessary for proper troaticnt; but I veuld 1iFs to sie whether fny dota are avail-ble abcut the ralationshnip bebicen the qu-ntity of transfusion and the dysfunction of the liver. Fuwratordi: Vs ernnot abrnion transfusion cases of panwelerhthiais. I exanincd those who gave blood for the Bikini patients and found that other patients who received blood fron the same porseons did not develop jamdice, A different porson supplied blood to the Bikini patients each tine. J am now examining the dry blood-plasma, Koyaza: Transfusion of blocd-piasma is also a problen. Sone of the 16 patients, who were rot given transfusions, had low-grade jaundice after receiving blood-plasma. wee abc oa tha very bozinning wa ccasidered serous hepatitis so we zt‘th sera of cll tho paticnts separately from the tine of initial spltalfontica until now. Ticse can ba examined a3 the occasion cous, It has Loon my experience that no patient has died of jaundics or hepatitis which occurred after blood transfusion. All of thea, recovered smooti.ly, without suffering recurrences, Dr. Kuzatori is now exanining tha dry blood-plas37a. Coto: Dre Chashi has dasciibed the eutopsy in detail. He told uz that ka could not rule cut serous hepatitis in the case of Mr. hepctic dysfunction. Does this mean that although serous heprtitia right bo considered, the dysfimction resulting fron the proscace ef radfonstLae substrnecs was the primouy thing? Ch-shi: Yes. I think the :::in object of our study should be to clarify these doubtful points. Of course, I am not elininating ccreus hepatitis. It is also an icportant problen; and as the stuty of radiaticn sielme3zs is really difficult, I hope wa cen all cooporate in fucthor rosaa.ch on this abjcct. US DO ARCHIVES ‘7