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Statement of Makino (18 June 1947) After first operation, before Makino went home, he went to the servants quarters to get hot water to wash his hands, and on the way back, he heard voices from the Autopsy Room, started walking that way, saw Goshima, Ryu and Hirako in the autopsy room. Tanaka told Makino that Hirako said they could take specimens from the Prisoner's body for histology research. Tanaka and Makino went directly to the Austopsy Room to get their histology specimens. Goshima and Ryu were already there and hod already started work. After they had taken all the specimens, Ryu then asked Tanaka if he were finished, and Tanaka stated, "Can you take part of the lung out?" turning to Goshima, who thereupon did so. Ryu then cut an incision in the Prisoner's neck on the right side, exposing the artery; he then began to inject Mueller's solution into the artery. Goshima helped him. Ryu had tied a string around the^artery, so the solution would flow into the brain. After a while Goshima said that enough solution had been injected, so the needle was pulled out and Ryu tied another string on the artery above the hole made by the nettle. They injected Mueller's Solution to preserve the brain. On the way back to Makino's lab with the hot water, Makino heard voices in the Autopsy Room, went in, saw Hirako, Goshima, and Ryu talking. Saw that Hirako was holding a large round container in which was a brain. Hirako was talking to Goshima and Ryu in a soft voice and pointing to the coffin. It must have been the Prisoner's brain because Goshima and Ryu had started to remove the brain when Tanaka and Makino left. Makino could not see the head of the PW' (body was in coffin) because the head wasn't there. Ryu had an object almost as big as a head .wrapped in white cloth. |