Captain DONABEDIAN. A photostatic copy of a medical document which each
military person has. We have the physical examinations on entrance,
and any other illnesses that he may develop during his service,
which diseases are recorded and the treatments are recorded, and the
inoculations he receives.
Mr. ELY. I have numbered the pages of this exhibit in the upper
right-hand corner. Because it was previously part of a larger document,
Commission Document 82, the pagination of Donabedian Deposition Exhibit
No. 1 runs from 132 through 171.
Doctor, I would like, first, to refer you to an entry made on page 147
of this exhibit, and dated July 12, 1958.
Could you explain it?
Captain DONABEDIAN. "Bleeding from the rectum. For the past 1 month has
noticed bleeding on paper after bowel movement. This a.m., one to two
drops bright red blood dropped into stool. Bowel movement light brown
and very hard. Examination."
Mr. ELY. The copy at that point becomes illegible.
Captain DONABEDIAN. "Slight irritation and moderate." Anyway, they gave
him treatment with mineral oil.
Mr. ELY. And what was the overall diagnosis?
Captain DONABEDIAN. Hemorrhoids was the diagnosis.
Mr. ELY. And what did you say the treatment was?
Captain DONABEDIAN. The treatment was mineral oil, rectal suppository.
Mr. ELY. All right. I would like to show you now an entry which is on
page 40, but which is chronologically later than the one to which we
just referred, and that is the entry dated----