MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS AND FINDINGS
A.
MEDICAL HISTORY
The medical history as obtained from the respective ship's physi-
cians, medical technicians and from the ship's personnel themselves (and
confirmed by the history as taken by Charles Haszler, M.D., Australian
Regional Health Officer) revealed that no personnel on either ship
presented any complaints of illness to the ship's doctors subsequent to
14 July until arrival at Rabaul.
Upon arrival there, two people were
examined by Doctor Haszler at the request of the TAKUYO MARU'S physician.
(See records on Akagi and Masuda; Tab A, Appendix II.)
These individuals
were not considered to have any symptoms or evidence of radiation sickness
by Doctor Haszler or by us following our subsequent examination.
At the
time of our arrival, all personnel on both ships were reported to us as
active in their normal duties with no loss of appetite, malaise or
illness of any sort.
B.
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND RADIATION MONITORING
Twelve persons from each ship were given a physical examination.
They were also monitored for any external radioactive contamination
using an MEAS Beta-Gamma Survey Meter with the beta window open, after a
background reading was obtained in the examining room,
These twelve people from each ship included the seven individuals
who had originally been examined by Doctor Haszler and his staff, plus
five others whose white blood counts were the lowest from each ship as
determined by the counts performed by the TAKUYO MARU's doctor and by
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