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Statement of Morimoto (22 August 1947) Senba was experimenting on the use of sea water as a possible blood substitute. (At KIU) Torisu was experimenting on sea water as a blood substitute, worked with Senba. Senba was a special graduate student. (3rd series of operations ?) The 3rd PW was operated on by Hirao and Senba- operating on the femural artery, this for experimental purposes. Senba or Hirao was injecting sea water into the P W s arm to substitute for the blood that was being siphoned from the PW1s leg. What was being determined by Senba and Hirao was common knowledge. Persons attending these operations: Ishiyama, Komori, Torisu, Hirao, Mori, Senba, Tsutsui, Nogawa, Tashiro and Miki. Senba, Hirao and Mori told Morimoto about the 1st series while they were interned at Sugamo. Hirao and Senba made a useless experimental operaton one one PW when they siphoned the blood and replaced it with sea water to act as a blood substitutes they did not have the necessary equipment to perform the experiment, but they nevertheless went ahead; this experiment had no benefit toward advancement of medicine. Morimoto was later told by Hirao, Mori and Senba that the operations he attended were the last performed, said that from 17 May to the early part of June, there had been stomach, lung and brain operation. |