|
spermia was found in 16 cases in November 1954,
atrophic. possessing the interstitial tissue composed
of loosely arranged connective tissue.
Sper-
matogonia were greatly decreased in number,
and in some areas they were completely lacking.
T
2
T
8
No sperm was encountered within the lumen
T
206 days after the explosion, was remarkably
3
Number of Spermatozoa (mm?)
lowering of motility and morphological abnormalities of spermatozoa were also observed.
The testicle of the fatal case, which died
3
Both
1
|
9
|
Jora
1 9.
Sh
e.g. about 8 months after the detonation.
1955
ae
1956
bab
hl
1957
ph
rd
ed
erred
1958
11
1959
of either seminiferous tubules or epididymis.
Indications of recovery were observed at about
one year after the explosion in some patients,
but numberof spermatozoa wasstill far below
normal value in all the cases. Most of them
began to reveal a sign of regeneration about 2
found in a few cases about 4 weeks after the
years after the exposure, and got children (Fig.
5 and Table 2).
t.e. the repeated appearanceof jaundicein several
Fig. 5,
Changes in the Number of Spermatozoa
5. Liver Function
Slight disturbances of the liver function were
initial exposure. Later it became more obvious,
cases, an increase of serum gamma-globulin con-
con a 1954
T-1
2
3
5
6
7
8
K- 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
+14
15
16
M
M
M
M
M
1955
(2) |
(3)
(2)
(4)
(3)
Marriage and Childbirth of the Patients
1956
1957
A
1958
1959
1960
f
M
M
m
M; m
m
M
m
C
M
oA
m
,,A8° in
m
m
f
M
f
M
f
‘¢
f
IM
f
M |
|
f
M
f
IM
f
f
M
Mevesee Marriage
Meseees Male
1963
f
M
m;
M
M
M (2)|
1962
f
M
M (3)
1961
im
f
f
f
deren No. of children at the time of exposure
foveees Female
Acerese Abortus
speveees Fatal case
m
;
m
27
38
28
30
28
27
26
22
25
25
24
22
26
18
23
22
24
23
18
22
39
m
27
20
aeS
Table 2.