ee ee ee ee Torr ee 10 tioned wooden room containing the hundred- HISTORY AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS during the procedure. From past experience the people were accustomed to the procedure and Histories were taken by a Marshallese practitioner and an interpreter, with particular emphasis on the interval history during the past year. A special survey was again conductedby the pediatrician to attempt to ascertain more accurately the birth dates of the Rongelap people, particularly the children. Complete physical examinations were carried out including growth and development studies on the children (anthropometric measurements and x-ray examinations of the left wrist and hand for bone developmentstudies); studies of aging criteria; special examinations of the skin with color photographyofselectedlesions; a special cancer detection survey; anda dental survey. showed nofear, with the possible exception of a few of the younger children. Further description of the gamma spectrographic methods will be pre- sentedlater. The other examinations were carried out ashore at Rongelapvillage. As in the past the dispensary wasused as a laboratoryfor the hematological and other laboratory procedures (Figure 7). The adjacent school building was used for taking histories and performing physical examinations on the people. The council house next door was used for special examinations of the skin, aging studies, urine collections and analyses, and x-ray examina- ) en4s 5 — CZ cP tions. CANCER DETECTION SURVEY In the cancer detection survey, proceduresin- cluded an evaluationof the history, special physical examination, and certain laboratorytests. The family history did not yield satisfactory informa- Mae channel analyzers and otherelectronic equipment was located close to the steel room. A shower facility was available on the upper deck. The people were brought to the ship in a motor launch and, after taking a soap and water shower and donning papercoveralls, they went down into the hold to the steel room. Taped music was piped in —— Figure 7. Hematology laboratory, Rongelap Island.