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Statement of Hirao (28 Aug - Sept 47). In 1945, at Ishiyama Clinic, the nurses included Headnurse Tsutsui, Miki, Manabe, Suyama and Takayama. About 22 Kay, shortly after 1300, Ishiyama called Hirao, said "today we are going to perform some more operations on Prisoners, so prepare for them. Tell the same persons that you told before. There may he two or throe Prisoners." Mori, with Hirao assisting, and he thinks, Suyama acting as nurse, operated. 2 June, about 1300, Ishiyama told Suyama to prepare for operations on Prisoners on the breast and abdomen, that since Torisu would not be able to come and Mori had left, he should tell Morimoto to assist. Tsutsui stood near the instrument tables and supervised the nurses. Hirao isn’t sure that Suyama was there. |
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Statement of Senba (2-10 Sept 47). About 1300, 17 May, Torisu told Senba to take some sea injer to the Autopsy Room, Seriba prepared to take about 2000 ccs, and equipment to inject it. At 1500, Senba saw Miki, Suyama and Manabe taking a cart loaded with operating equipment and lamps towards the Autopsy Section. Senba passed them on the way. One Autopsy table was set up on the far side near the windows, the other on the inside corner of the Room. Nogawa, Tashiro and: Senba, believes Suyama strapped the first Prisoner. Suyama unbuttoned the shirt, put iodine and alcohol over the chest, and Hirao and Ishiyama then covered him with an operating sheet. About 23 May, 1300, Hirao told Senba that at about 1500 there would be an operation on a Prisoner at the Autopsy Room. When Senba went to the room, Miki, Tsutsui, Suyama, Manabe and Senba believes Tashiro arid Nogawa were already there. At 1300, about 28 May, Ishiyama told Senba that the next day at 1500 there would be an experimental operation on a Prisoner in the Autopsy Room, that he should bring his sea water, when he entered the room, 10 minutes later Tashiro, Nogawa, Tsutsui, Suyama and Miki arrived with the operating equipment. The Prisoner died. Observing the blood draining experiment were Tashiro, Suyama and Senba believes Nogawa and 2 or 3 anatomy students. |
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Statement of Mori(3 Sept - Sept 47). About 1300, 17 May, Mori was in his room when Hirao came in, said that Ishiyama wanted him to assist on a lung operation on a Prisoner. Mori met Suyama, and Manabe and one other nurse in the hall carrying gauze, which Mori and Hirao helped them carry over to the Anatomy Section Autopsy Room. Statement of Mori contd . . . The first Prisoner died. Hirao told Ishiyama the second Prisoner was ready. Miki handed the instruments, Tsutsui supervised the nurses, and Suyama observed. On 22 May, 1400, Mori v/ent to the Autopsy Section to make preparations for the operations. Either Suyama, Miki or Manabe passed the instruments. |
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Statement of Torisu (29 Aug - 5 Sept 47). A few days after the first series, Ishiyama ordered Torisu to help perform operations on more Prisoners. Komori, Ishiyama, Senba, Hirako and perhaps either Suyama or Miki were watching this operation. Torisu then returned to his office, leaving Hirao, Ishiyama, Mori, Senba, Tsutsui, Miki and Suyama or Manabe in the Autopsy Room. |
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Statement of Tsutsui (27 Aug-Sept 47). Second series of operations. Ishiyama told Tsutsui there would be more operations and directed Tsutsui to prepare the instruments for a stomach operation. Suyama was in the operating room. Tsutsui believes Suyama handed the instruments to the doctor. 40 or 50 minutes after the operation began, the patient died, Tsutsui took back the instruments. 3 or 4 days later at 1000, Ishiyama told Tsutsui there was' to be an artery operation, to prepare for it, and Tsutsui and Miki prepared the instruments, took them to the dissecting room from Ishiyama Surgery. Tsutsui shaved him, and Suyama and Tsutsui shaved the Prisoner’s right groin. |
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Statement of Tashiro, Jiro (9-24 Oct 47). About June, before the airraid, Tashiro attended operations on Prisoners at the Autopsy Room of the Anatomy Section, which was on a lung and a brain. Present: Ishiyama, Torisu, Hirao, Morimoto, Nogawa, Tomoki Tashiro, and Semba, Kubo, Mori, Miki, Suyama, Tsustsui believes Manabe. Alsp present were Sha and Tei. |