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year and they appeared to b6 in good health ond In a good d a t e of nutrition. An apidemic af chickenpox had occurred during the past year without c ~ u X : a ~ m s .Many of tho older k ~ gsla ppeople a m tho 78-p- old preacher, l a getting quite feeble and hpB g l m had bean seen I n prevlous sxaminationa urd mutarred with about the sme & p a of&sguency in the om tro lsu In t b Bongelup prople. A feu additional finj+nga# not bdieved t o be new dfseoms, =re notcsd whioh probab17 had bean overlooked before.. Tu0 &golap people had developed developed an apparent cerebral accident about 3 months ago 6nd -8 p a r f l a y paralyzed i n the r i g h t arm and 1a2t leg. oannot gat 8round tdtbout help, though there l a some improvement in hm tion at preeent. was norio, a 1 3 - p ~old bopr who was ho8pitPllzed dth acute rheumatla heart cllseaae with mngsstlvs fail - in Dec em br. lb improoed on digitalis and saliaylates. Though he l a apparently fU.y active rt present, there l e evidence of pronomaad mitra l disease and mnm degree of ~ Udi orne g dy ~but shon active, indolent ul a ers on the soles of his feat. and leacia a lonely exlstmce. 1- Of the Rita contrcrls, 57 of *e original 82 worn reaxsmined. 8exIous dlueaaea during t h e past year. 1 NO. 46, a 7 7 - ~ 9 - old m m , with no evidenoe of decompensatian. 8 Bo. tb hpm, m t I n W 8 to problem fn paychologlcal adjustment since he ia ostracized h i 8 pe None o f the clinical entities noted ia the kmgelap people rppear t o It is d lf Yl cult OT hpo sal bl ebe related in any uay to rad la tion efYeot. t o say whethar any of the increased wing dght bs due to rd at bn effect. Fertility aertainly wad not affected In vibn of the number of new bakles and lncreaae in pregnanciee. I n both control and fbngelap ahildron, impetlgepou8 leaiona remain quite comaon. Fifteen h ngel ap people aontlrrPr, t o ehor reuognieable residual radiation skin lesions, but dl leal on a sbo~edma8 dogme of hprovement on this examinqtion. Areas af h;ypcrr-gigmertatian, particularly on the back returned t o normal. The duaw color noted wUer w ~ i lnot apparmb atWs time. All deeper lesions which had shown deptgxnentation now 8howad sane degree of rspl&mantatlon. The foot lesiuna ahowing bst residual change6 showed depigmen~a~on,atroplqy af the rkin and sane degreo of adherenub show scarring, atrophy and In o na plaas adhmnce of tb &In t o tho under lying ca~-tllage. I n none of thssa 088ib& waa them aq evidence of tiaans breakdom or sigzZ of mpllgnancy. procedures uere indicated I n any of the& aaaea a t this time. picturaa and biopsies wera taken wbiah Wiu be reported on later.
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Preliminary mrwy of the hsrmtologicit data Shws that t h e m SA in most c a m e ctontinued fmproperamt in the blood pictars. The degrsS of inrprovment dependr on which set of control data is used for copIppri8~11.~ lymphoaytes, though slightly incrcrssed o v a ate' par, still appear to be slightly below omtrol means. The platelets,ahowsd alight inoreass in the males over the one-year counts, but &l@tb ara a a ov u noted In t hr fmales, 80 that in genenl the platelet mean uaants still remala below control mean connta. Tbjs hmatocrit was found to be about the ecp1)4 an in ths Rongdop lndividnals with Mgh mainophil counts. seen. The cause for the6o al no phil lr rrrmaha ohm. In vlew of the roainophilla prsment in many of the people, ?lo QTI or parasiterr were Examination of the res by Colonel Lowmy rsyarlsd no lena opacltlss or other findings w h i c h could be dizaafly related to r-tlon effBct. Hany eye coxxlltians w e encountered among both controls and bngelap people, howelsr, In several ~ 8 8 8 8catareafa had r e d t a d marked Fifty-semm litera of urine mro colleuted it rlmdola from -os& Rong4ap people and pmcipltated for radioah4aiicol 93dy8l.a at Walter Reed Amy Hospital. Prellndnary results ham rowdad masurable activity t o be present. A more detailed repart, along with spsoiflo ul aly ds for radionuclides, wlll be forthcoming in the near future. Tan individual &-hour urine 8PB(pLea on b ge lap people were obtainsd and given t o NXIL for analyafs. No resulte have been reparted on them 88mpb8 yeto