prac
ules segaed
Manyof the accepted procedares
Geamodery
nedical
,etrange to the Japanese, and” heir concepts: are Mtrange
ito Uae comneningle, access to patients by any physicians was denied
for soveral*dkys because the Japanese physicians found their patients
to be in a highly excitec state and preferrec not to disturb them,
Japanese physicians indicated or serera. oc. assiong that the taking of duplicate blood smears cy Japanese and americar investigators wags an unnessary
duplication, and «en ret] ‘hat the pat torre er oli rot oe expected to
undergo.
%
In py initial qonierence mith tne capanese sciertists lowes forced
to the conclusion that trey were foto
wel
the rediological aspec’s <f the orrhlem.
(1)
Some of tne 2;
azcicred ts deal orcpcerly with
»«
- axample-
scientists ‘cee tre po sinicn trat because a
new kind of bomb was i volved, the protiem itseil was a ew one, and
that unless they know ali about the Lomt, «ney ‘cuid evaluate neither
the injury to the fishermen nor the aspect
of Japan and its ‘isri gocvews tricupy
(2)
" long-range contamination
ove
ward Mde,
The were quick to identify quaditctiveay seme .f the radioactive
isotopes in the ash anc immediately ¢orciudec trat deposition of “nese
radio~isotopes in the ‘issues of the men was tre prime factor in their
medical status.
This uecision was reached without benefit of radio-chemical
This proceiure which was beyond the capaurine analyses of the patients,
bility of their laborctories is of course a ;rerequisite to understanding
the amount and kind -f fission product at sorption shat actually occured,
(3) The University of Tokyo group administered parentally a massiw
dose of ash to one mouse, and following sacrifice 1i2 hours later, determined by radiography that radioactivity was present in the nou-.
The activity of the dose was not measured. “Te “i:* ‘hat t.. .ads..
was detected by the scientists in the skeiet.~
©" the mouse was widely
publicized as evidence for *heir conclusion ‘nat the patients were carrying
dangerous internal deposits of racicactiv is * pes.
As individuals, tne scientists seem : 0 \. us @ cooperate.
initial conversations with them they
Sree.y
gratified at some 2f the tnings that ve oo...
on the American team was liritec to
*% cut.
sx c
patients and this
the
Japanese consisternt.y
for them.
My participation
.-gical aspects a: the case
and only incidentally +o the patients tnemse.ve*.
of Dr. Morton's participation required tna.
on,
Tar help and seemec
JInfortumately the nature
© ™ given iirect access to the
°.'.sej ta grant.
As the days
went by and the Japanese became more “es .-'r .
Selir:decision to deny
access to the patients <ther areas of tre .r-plem became infectec by the
oar ym subsequent
“his will «°
uncooperative atmospnere.
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2portions of the report
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OFFERS OF ASSISTANCE T THE JAPANESc
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the Japanese the full ‘.rlisties of
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ver
the
of
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offered
General Hull had likewise
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