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Statement of Suyama (20 July - 1 August 1947) 1st operation - lung - At that time Nogawa was also working with Ishiyama much of the time, and he was usually at all the operations performed by Ishiyama. Miki, Tsutsui and Suyama went together to the Anatomy Bldg. There were some doctors from Ishiyama Surgery who went there about the same time, buth they walked separately—Suyama believes these were Senba and Nogawa. Miki and Suyama began arranging the dissection room, Ishiyama then came in the room with Torisu, Hirao, Mori, Senba, Nogawa and Komori. Senba and Nogawa had come in early and set up equipment while the nurses were cleaning. Then they left, came back with Ishiyama. Nogawa brought a table, put a stool on it , and he climped up to an electric cord in one of the ceiling light extensions. The cords came down to a board that had several plugs in it , and various electrical devices could be plugged into the board, the Lamp was plugged into it , and if the aspirator was used, it was plugged in, too. The room had no ceiling; one could see the cross beams going right up to the roof; the beams were bare and dirty. Suyama asked Nogawa if it wasn't dangerous. The ceiling and roof are yet in the same condition. During operation, Nogawa walked from place to place and came over by Tsutsui. Suyama doesn't know what he did. Tsutsui held the operating lamp part of the time and just looked on part of the time. She probably alternated with Nogawa in holding the lamp. The light at this operation was sufficient. The operating lamp was used, and there were windows on 3 sides. Suyama watched Nogawa plug in the extension cord to one of the ceiling lights, noticed that the bulbs were out at the time. 2nd series - When Manabe, Suyama and Miki took instruments to dissecting room, after two trips, Ishiyama, Tsutsui, Hirao, Mori, Torisu, and Seriba were in the room, doesn’t know whether Nogawa was there yet. Possibly Nogawa or Tsutsui held the lamp. (Brain operation) Someone, probably Manabe, came over to the brain operation, asked to borrow the lamp. Nogawa made a funny face as though he did not want the lamp to be used at the other table. So Suyama thinks Nogawa must have been holding it. There was only one lamp, and it was brought over to the stomach operation after the brain operation was finished. 3rd series - the nurses got things arranged in dissection room. Ishiyama, Mori, Hirao, Morimoto, Tsutsui, and possibly Nogawa and Torisu then came in. Liver operation - Suyama does not remember seeing Nogawa at this series of operations. Suyama believes the same people were present at the 4th operation, (ishiyama, Torisu, Hirao, Mori, Senba, Nogawa, Komori, Tashiro, Lin, Sha, Tei, Sato, Morimoto, Tsutsui ??) Nogawa did not participate in any of the operations that she remembers. He was there and held the lamp sometimes, but did not use his hands on any patients. |