Table 3 (continucd) Physical Findings in Rongelap Adults, 1962 Exposed (48 examined) Subject Nos. % Paralysis, facial Pleural thickening or adhesions Prolapse of vaginal wall §2 58 63, 64 2.1 2.1 4.2 Rheumatic heart disease Rheumatoid arthritis 76 2.1 Sinusitis 63 Prostatic hypertrophy Control (86 examined ) 11, 29, 82 Subject Nos. 6.2 823, 826, 875, 969 4.6 855, 864, 910, 915, 947, 964 7.0 878 , 2.2 Senility 29, 55, 57, 46, 28 Syphilis (?) arrested 11,55 4.2 846, 869 27, 76 23 4.2 826, 831, 833, 864, 867, 898, 9.3 6.2 14.6 942 853, 864, 875, 885, 964, 969, 970, 1007 [.2 9,3 853,971 2.3 Tachycardia 28 Tonsilar hypertrophy Trichomonas Tumor, benign 30 Varicose veins 13 Vitiligo Table 4 examined) Controls (92 examined) 5 Number % Number % Pierygium and pinguecula 21 43.0 34 36.9 cataracts 7 enticular opacities (presenile and congenital) Corneal scars 7 14.5 12 13.0 1} 22.9 200 -21.7 19.0 Corneal pigmentation Congenital Acquired 10 «20.88 22 3 6.2 3 3.2 6.2 Retinal scars > 4.16 Strabismus 3 6.2 Nystagmus Phthisis bulbi Anterior staphylomata ' , « Argyll Robertson pupil Seventh nerve weakness Healed uveitis 9.8 ‘ 23.9 3 Healed choroiditis 9 I | 2.0 2.0 1 1.0 9 | <0 i 4.6 ! 20 (coral) Diabetic retinopathy re ) Arcus senilts Vitreous opacities Macular degeneration Driser Congenital abnormalities Retinal vessels Large corneas Remnant of hyaloid 6 124 l 12 6 2.0 25.00 124 | 270 3 624 > “ | 416 4.6 2.0 2.1 tending from the limbus 2 to 3 mm tow%fd' the pupil and lying in the horizontal axis of the palpebral aperture. The pigment was in the epithelial pe pie wo P layers of the cornea. Since this is not the usual con- genital type of corneal pigmentation, it seems possible that it may have resulted from the irradiation contamination of the eyes of the exposed group by fallout (probably the beta component). In both the exposed and control groups, there was a low incidencé of myopia and strabismus Visual ‘ty sua acul y was as higher j ee hgner in bo ups Bro ps th an that seen in America. No cases of retinitis pigrnentosa, glaucoma, or eye findings characteristic of hyper. Two unusual congenital defects were found thyroidism were noted. among the 140 people examined. Six people cxhib- ited large corneas, and 8 had abnormally large punctate retinal vessels. The latter were not typi‘ by pictures in af ese Tindings oy pictures in a . future survey, As has been noted before, srcus senitis occurs in Corneal foreign body Retinal arteriosclerosis , cal of hemangiomata. It is. planned to document these findings 2.0 3 2.3 934, 958 2.1 Eye Findings in Adult Marshallese People, 1962 Exposed (48 862, 946 2.1 2.1 9,12, 58 4,7,9, 10, 13, 57, 64 Ulceration, lower colon 10.4 % I the Marshallese with a higher incidence und at an Ti 43.0 1.0 earlier age than generally seen in Americans. The 23 10 25.0 109 ab wbout theScamp same. In a recent survey 12 children had a nj _ nurecent survey 2 chi ren vad a night Vision 3 32 incidence in both exposed and control groups was defect duc to vitamin A deficiency. In this survey no similur causes were encountered, possibly be- 5 4 5.4 4.3 cause of the increased grawth and consumption of papaya und squash. Leprosy and yaws are endemic in the Marshall Islands. Two cases of 7th nerve Weakness were noted, one ina leprous patient. In