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Statement of Miki First operation, May 1945 (liver), Ishiyama only person present when Miki ntered autopsy room with instruments. Shortly after Komori, Senba, and possibly Torisu came in. Group around operationg table: SUYAMA 0 0 MANABE HIRAO 0 0 MIKI KOMORI 0 0 ISHIYAMA 0 unknown 0 army officer Komori and Hirao assisted Ishiyama. Komori was looking at the liver after the operation. 2nd operation - Ishiyama did lung surgery, Komori assisted. The Prisoner Komori was to operate on was put on operating table. On same day, after Ishiyama started suturing the first time, (lung operation) Komori left, went to other table where 2nd Prisoner had been placed. After Ishiyama finished on first Prisoner, he watched Komori. Miki believes Torisu assisted Komori on this operation, but doesn't recall who else assisted or just watched. After Ishiyama had taken over, and was holding patients heart, Miki heard Ishiyama say that he wanted, to see how soon a heart wound would have to be sewed up to keep a man from bleeding to death. Miki believes Komori had finished his experiment at this time. Komori reopened wound of first Prisoner, took out some blood, used glass cup to scoop it out. Later Miki saw he had more blood in the bottle; believes he must have taken it from 2nd Prisoner. About 7 days later, brain operation - autopsy room - Ishiyama, Komori, Torisu, and Hirao came in, then an American and 2 soldiers.
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Statement of Jinnaka (11 June 1947 - certified translation) Rumors heard by Jinnaka: At the Kaikosha Hospital, Komori had cut out an object which looked like a human liver, was drying it, intending to create some new kind of medicine. ( Jinnaka heard this rumor in June (1947?) from Kanehisa.) |