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E.nh On 1 March l tlnrmogmclo8rdcvic.of upr@cedent4 yield was detonated, I0.;~2~pproximatelyH + 5 hours l visiblefallout occurredon inhabitedatolls ~ ~ Japanesewere exposed to dmgeroua amountsof r8diation. The Marahallese and Anm=icma wra pr~tly lvscuatedto the lkral StationKwaJaleln for 407578 such anevent lither on sv8ilable to cover tha Forceand theHaval Stationvere not prepared for Tha Arv ad Air Force WOIWunable to supplyamy professionalor technicU in * rseld in tooting of lwc 90 houm 8ftor f irmt Botiftittm *U9 Of work lithr 18 the Xw81 Station mdical personnel providsd lxcellentwdiesl -
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produced itching and burning & the lyes. It continuedfor l matter of 4 - 5 hours. The calculateddoses vere: The doses wre based OE a. Tim of bebinningof fallout. b. Duration of fallout. e. One recordingdosimetxsron Rongerlk off scale at 100 mr. was prolonged, decay exponentwas variable, and time of beginning of fallout is only known for Rongerik. On tlm first slide cumulativedose Bhown early evacuation. The falloutmaterialcontaminatedskin, knir, vaa ingeofad of tilm Is similarfindingsof lesser sevurity. leaves much to be desiredfrom a scientif~cstandpoint. Them are no Satiai’ectoryControlsl The nativw did not hm pm-irradiation blood counts,s comparablerandom mmple of similarnatlveawe not wallabl.efor coqmrimn. Our pseudo controlswere obtained frcm MaJuro, were gtudied ~
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t~ control individualsat random. The lvacuatednativesuere were irradiatedand under severe psychologfcstrain. Despitewhich they All Indlvldualswere given completikxami~tion, lnd hhtary through an interpreter,Medical care *S availablefor all who desired 24 hours “ From the hiotery the following vaa obvim: - ‘..,..... e. Epilationoccurredfn a lar~ number. It me externaleon~tion. Believe It la due largely imer cempleke. It wam to Beta raye and very loft
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gamma. ‘lW whole body midlinedose was not high enough ta produceopilation. the smxt slide the developmentof epilationend neck lesionsES function Skin lesionsflret appeazwdU daya poet-exposurebut were not appreciated l The early leoions were on faoo occurredin teenagermlnd wem not c~cted day, increasedpigmntatim and absenceof leaiona in the 15’7 Uterik natives impressedus with tho liklihood that them skin leslonawere inducedby “If-Ir cannotbe vashed free Of
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TM @q m mcmluy erythmm of radhtlon lesions in white skinnedpeoplo ma not seen. of radiationinjury. Deep vascularlesionswere not seen. The severityof superficialinjurymakes it almost cer~in that the inJuryvas due to low ener~ybeta. The absenceof deep lesionsprobablyindicateslato sequebe will be few and probablynot severe. not posslbla l me-taut blood so l pseudo controlgroup had had been in tropicsfor about group. Total leukocytes counts were not prfor=d fom Opamtlon CA6TLE to be obtainedfra Wajelein Aamtcans thet & months. on the next slide are shown the w hciwtkogicd cbanw la,* Rowlap fell during the firstveek -d roxmsinedlt lbout 65 percent of t= control rise eeen in the thirdweek -y be relstadto tlw lbortiw rise seen the SIX weeks of obsemtioa. The fluctition in to- leukocytes then was lttributablealmost entirelyto clmngesin the neu-phil
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TIIUreis no experienceto -ke a biologicalgueae of em exce~t to On the next slide are shown the plateletaFbanges. when it fell precipitouslyti ‘&?J a 10V value of 35 percent of plateletcounts droppadbelow iOO,OOO and tlih lovest count observed vae 35,000. Following this l& ‘pried an lppreciablerise h count E&tocrit clmgea were slight and lppearei to be’related‘-ti~ii&t& ““eff&ta”,lit)m+‘direetiy& a result of Thex” ‘4iw”i&8 are comparableto three aaen In tlm 1868 exposed
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It waa decidad in advance that prophylactictbarapy, antibioticsor Otbmise -d mt b given arbitrarilyfor w eequelaeof radiation for specificconditions. &rev@r, If a severe granulopeniadeveloped in any @tient2 tb problom would be reconsidered. traatumntglvan based on hexmtological conditlonathat were treatN with penicillin. notbeen irradiated, with the have recaiwedantibiotictherapyeven had exceptionof oouraa of the radiationburn It is ‘~taroctingthat in spits of the radiation-induced hmmtalogical of cmn colde and tb added stxwss of extensivelkin lgsions. or * to radiation.
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IhdioactiviitlOt@lMl@ being excmtudc hmmto are s-lo Plutmlum Stzeablcdoee but * thyroid 18 very ndiere8iatanto totlmlouer lmtoftlnlathal rangoformn. detonatM cloee to tln ground my be l very eerioua~cal militaryproblem. 6. Mmps exposed to similar amounta of radtatlon co&be ‘wed, if and cal.culat8d r$sk bees my lmwete ba lsmlieMd fe & laltlal radtation