obvious that all physicians ere not elike in their ability to dizgnose
and to treat petienits.
From our conversations with the Japanese team and our studied opinion
of the Japanese medical structure it was apparent that American medical
practices were far superior in every respect.
In just the diagnoses and
therapeutics as related to the fishermen, their chances of survival and of
speedier recuperation would be greatly enhanced under the supervision of
the U. S. team.
The question of compensation for the crew's injuries is most important.
For the United States to pay large sums of money on medical claims not ‘substantiated by its own expert doctors is absurd.
The Japanese team has the
quite eccurate impression that the American team was devoid of power and
the ability to apply pressure.
As the U. S. Government's chosen agent,
it probably to their minds reflects U. S. weakmess.
Nothing in the nedical
area has occurred to give them pause or make them change their opinion.
Furthermore » to the authors, it sets up two very objectional and obnoxious
precedents 1) medical compensation for radiation injury without the compensator's own medical experts evaluating the cases and 2) the implied
sanction and approval of the Japanese medical findings by the U. S.
The Japanese team by its obstinacy and desire for aggrandizement has
irrevocably lost what may be very valuable data for the National Defense
to the U. S., the islands of Japan, and the Free World.
The ficld of atomic medicine is in its infancy,
The gleaning of
knowledge for its own sake becomes even more important because of the vast
unknown.
Accidentally an experiment was performed on 23 unfertunate men.
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