control patient gave a history of syphilis for which she had been treated twice. Interval histories were essentially negative. No deaths had occurred in the exposed population, and three
apparently healthy infants had been born in the interim period. Their in utero ages at the time
of exposure were approximately 3, 6, and 7 months. Three other pregnancies were noted during
the present examinations, in one cf which conception had occurred at about the time of exposure and in the remaining two, 2 to 4 months after exposure.
TABLE 2.1—Positive Findings on Physical Examination
of Exposed and Control Populations
Gynecological system:
Pregnancy
Fibromyomaof uterus (?)
Cervical erosion
Cervical cyst
Cervical polyp
Urethral curuncle
Furuncle of labium
Syphilis (clinical diagnosis), activity (?)
Tuberculosis, pulmonary, arrested
Leprosy, arrested (?)
Impetigo
Bronchitis
Otitis externa
Otitis media
Pyorrhea
Blindness, traumatic
Hernia, inguinal, direct
HKFoooot.
Parkinsonism
Diabetes mellitus
Hee Dp
Heart disease, etiology unknown
Arthritis:
Hypertrophic
Rheumatic
BPE NF ORF ORF OOHN AHH
with heart disease
Luetic heart disease (?)
OrFPrHENEH FR
with heart disease
Hypertension
HOoOoo
Cardiovascular system:
Generalized arteriosclerosis
No. of Rita
control
group
COD DOH OMHDOHPNDOH OW
Diagnosis
No. of
exposed
group
Table 2.1 summarizes the principal findings from history and physical examinations, and
additional data on individuals are given in Appendices A and B. Dermatological findings are
reported in detail in Chap. 3. There appeared to be no significant difference in disease inci-
dence between exposed and control populations, and no findings, with the exception of those reported in Chap. 3, could be ascribed to radiation effects. A measles epidemic, in progress in
both populations during the examinations, had begun to decline in the control group but was
still at its peak in the exposed group at the completion of this study. The time interval between
the peak incidence of measles in the two populations was probably due to the relative isolation
of the exposed group.
Body weights of the exposed patients were compared with their weights in March, 1954.
Although there were a few instances of significant weight loss in individuals, the over-all popu-
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