Mr. ELY. I believe the last item was September 20.
Captain DONABEDIAN. Then September 22, 1958, urethral discharge, and it
says "September 23" underneath--"urethral discharge, smear and culture."
The smear showed many pus cells, no organisms noted. The culture showed
micrococcus pyogenous vas aurens. This is the type of bacteria that
gives a dark-greenish color discharge.
Mr. ELY. Does either the results of the smear or the results of the
culture say anything about whether or not Oswald had gonorrhea, or can
we tell?
Captain DONABEDIAN. Not in this one.
The one above here, we assume he had gonorrhea--on the 16th.
Mr. ELY. We would assume he had it, even though, as you pointed out,
you could not prove it in court, because it was determined by a smear
rather than a culture?
Captain DONABEDIAN. Most of the doctors use this. They may take a
smear, and they find that--intra and extracellular diplococci, they
treat the patient for gonorrhea.
Now, the treatment for his micrococcus pyogenous is "continue
chloromycetin," I guess it is four times a day. Yes; it was four times
a day. And then continue four times a day. And something was given.
And they wanted him to return again. I cannot tell what this is.
Instructions, probably. Some instructions were given.
On September 29, 1958, the complaint was urethral discharge. They took
a smear. And that was--"many pus cells were noted, no organisms were
noted."
The note underneath is "good response to therapy, has been doing much
heavy lifting." They must have given him light duty for 3 days. "To
repeat smear, 1 week."
October 6, 1958, the complaint was urethral discharge. They took a
smear. The report was "moderate amount of pus cells, few gram positive
cocci."
This is not gonorrhea. "Heavy discharge with occasional burning. Has
been doing heavy lifting recently."
"Some heavy discharge with occasional burning of the
urination"--although this says dysurea--"has been doing heavy lifting
recently."
October 24, 1958, the complaint was urethral discharge, and they gave
him pyridium, one tablet five times a day--one gram five times a day.