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Any complaints of illness subsequent to 14 July 1958 were due to other
causes; i.e., possible infectious hepatitis or other intercurrent illness.

It is noted that five total white blood cell counts are below

5,000 and one count is 3320.

Hemoglobin is normal and the red blood

cell court on these individuals is within normal range or slightly below.

One red blood cell count of 3,160,000, with a hemoglobin of 76%. is
recorded.

It is not felt that these results can be attributed to the

radiation exposure experienced as per our calculations of the dose
received.

3.

There will be no detectible effects and, in the light of present

medical knowledge, no deleterious medical effects, in fact, resulting
from the minimal radiation exposure experienced, as calculated by us.

4.

There was no detectible evidence of radioactive contamination

of personnel at the time of examination.

5.

There is no medical indicat.on for restriction of the normal

activities of any of the personnel of either vessel.
NOTE:

Since writing this report we have received (7 August) the results
on the blood smears for white blood cell count and evaluation.
These were accomplished at the Armed Farces Institute of Pathology

and are recorded with the other blood results as Tab C, Appendix V.
Corment:

The wide range of results obtained by different technicians and some of the apparent inconsistencies between

(1) white blood cell differential and total white blood
cell count, (2) platelets and red blood cell count and
hemoglobin, is not explained by us.

The poor fixation

of the blood smears mist be taken into account.

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