20 FEFFECT™= oF fON ZING several oxtre days and thought that the bleed- Table 2.1—Patients lreated With Antibiotics PATIENT NO OWHER CONDE ras we pdaan . KEATHG th r QADEATION haowias quere than usval but net sufficient to , tase Then, concern. VNTIBLOF® ak] 44 1 URI ard bro: em a 2.3 ature URI, severe Pen eqdn Ino radiation injury an anemia can be projuced by three phenomena: a. Partial or comilete suppression of erythropoiesis: b. Hem- in with ouch temper with Pericniin pharvngiti- aad rhage: e. Hemolvsis. (9). The existence of ‘tie latter is not universally accepted as a charwferiste part of radiation injury. Since hemrrrhagie phenomena were not observed a severe high empersture 4,5 | Tooth extract. on 6 Deep extenn1 « 2 Penireulii Penicille: slougn of epader 2 Penson: inenua would have been expected only if erythropoiesis Were suppressed severely for a 2 Perceriiy ervthropoelesrs and an unchanged life span of mis af four 7 8 ) 10 1] 12 Inflamed tons iwith 'ugh temper ature and [ RI Rapid progress) ig andermitnins 19 petig» ¢ Traumatic gapere ne : of foot Cvstitir Furuncie on buttcek Furunere oo fare head deseribed in detau .bave ong Pencil 5 2 (Cantrasit Peniciilin Pen eile Rach uppenrred te ated with URE ana ai tibioties would have bees indicated had they oof been crradiated. 4! other individuals were oot neutropenio at the for specific indieation~ were given antibroatics Phere was ia inatiiee in Which it Was cons:dered necessary fo uke prophylactic antibsat -s for neutropenia pe 2.32 + Clinical Observations and Plareler € ounts ATL individuals «woth oa platelet ecounr ot 100,000 or Jess were ex mined daily for evidence of hemorrhage inte the skin. uialeous men branes and retinae rine ssas examined claris for red cells and alumni. and women were questioned concert ne excessive menstruation There was no evidence of any hemorrinige eve} though 11 tndividuar ceached oluteier lever between 35,000 und toa.0de “Tave women ret struated whenf.eir poatelet counts were Loti wd and L300 respect eds fine. With complete suppression of ye oced cell one would expect a deficit of 0.83 have evidence of a bacteria, component assoc time of treatment aio) Hemarocrit Changes Bott omienmstriuace percent per day since the human red bloodcell has a hfe span of approximately 120 days. Nineteen individuals in Groups J and IT had nematoorits between 31 and 35 percent. Nine if the 9 were children, aged 1 to 5 years and would be expected to have a lower hematocrit ‘han norma adults: four were over 70 years of we, in which age group a decreased hematocrit is frequentivy present without obvious cause. woof the °9 had had menorrhagia prior to the cetermiinition, two were 3 to + months pregcantoand had not received supplementary tron, aid two were young womel. These hematomes sould be ascribed to physiological varra- “oor tuther than ta the effects of irradiation on hematopoiesis, Supplementary tron was the only therapy used for the mild anemias ob- -erved. Thos no definite evidence of prolonged ery thropoien¢ suppression was observed even 1 ndivaiduals who had received 175 ¢r whole body “ACH atien, 24 An Epidemic of Upper Respiratory Infection Occurring During the 4th and 5th Post-Exposure Weeks Berween Tre 27th and the 42nd post-ex- sosure fays an epidemic of upper respiratory iisease FRL) occurred. The respiratory infeetion consisted of moderate malaise, pharyn-