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4. Despite the persistence of most inclement weather, with rain and occasional snow flurries, I ordered the burial of the cadavers, and here at Churchill we have isolated the surviving patients. Mrs. Clark and I have thus far felt no ill effects from our exposure, though we presently have slightly lower than normal white blood cell counts and are suffering some depression of the salivary glands. |
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5. We have obtained residual readings from the surviving Agikumis. Willis Hanford, my associate at Keewatin Flying Doctor Service, diagnoses their illness as plutonium poisoning. I can only conjecture how an Inuit family came to eat fish contaminated with plutonium, but I believe the Ministry of Health will wish to investigate at once. Dr. Hanford states that the prognosis for all the surviving patients is not encouraging (see attached report). |
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6. I therefore request that the Agikumi family be removed from Churchill and located in a more suitable facility as soon as possible. KFDS maintains little more than a dispensary here, and the patients require more sophisticated care than we can provide. |
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"I thought you ought to see this," Dr. Amelia Cutter said to her immediate superior at the Ministry of Health. "It's so fantastic, it might even be true." |
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"Not just now." He barely glanced at her or the memo. "I'll look at it tomorrow, when I'm not so swamped." |
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