radicactivity in the patient's urine has also been reduced very

mich by now,

nThe symptoms may be described separately for the external injuries to the body surface and the injuries to the organs, especially the blood producing organs.
nAl] patients suffered on the head and the upper half of the
.body such external injuries as the depilation, deposit of
pigment, inflammation of the skin, ulcer, eruption with abcess
and scab, and blister. They are recovering from theSe injuries
by the treatment in the hospitals. But some of them are still
suffering from the depilation in wide area.

"The injury to blood-producing organs was observed as the decrease
of blood count of leucocyte, granulocyte and red blood corpuscles
as well as the decrease of the nunber of cells in the marrow. It
was getting worse since they were hospitalized. Especially, the
blood count of leucocyte fluctueted eround 1000 per cubic milimeter
and the number of carrow cells has been of the erder of 10,000 per
cubic milineter in several cases.
It was thus hematologically
diagrosed to be the general acute sicxness of the marrow,
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"In these cases, in spite of the exple blood transfusion andhe,ian’s Ce
use of pills for blood-production, the blood count of the ieiés cyteyes
nd granulocyte did not increase and even the hemorrhagic tend Ency
"FP eered, FPurthersore, their texpereture had been as high as
© C though very effective pills of antibiotic
had been
ven, which has mede us fear of en unfevorable prognosis, Such
dangerous conditicn continued until recently end we hed ta
refréin from publishing the fects n oréer to avoid undesirable
effects on the treetrent of the 5 avients.
ortunately, however,
the Sever began to leave the petients very recently and moreover
the tlood count of leucocyte in scne cf the seriovs cases began
to increéese.
ie are working haré to cure the patients ccmpletely.
it would be our qety end eaiso the hope of ali recple te séve the

lives of all petients of this unfertunete accident."

Swoaarizing the clinical symptoms, it may be ssic thet the skin burn

by the@- rey has almost been cured.

Tnere is now hardly eny cetecteble

radioactivity remzining on the skin surface. The most sericus rroblez is the
injury to the marrow. Two causes may be respcnsible for this. Cne is the
rediation

(especially the Y-rey) from outside,

the racicective elezents deposited in the boar.
cuserved up to now mey be mai
right have &
plev
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letter two.
OR

fact that tne estinated radiation to which the
the two weexs stey on the boat ezcunts
to 20 r

end the cther is thet of
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