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FORECASTLE FOCUS, in the hematology labora- 

 tory aboard the APA-67 "Burleson" technicians 

 make blood counts. Before and after each test, 

 blood counts were made for all animals used in the 

 atomic bomb tests, and symptoms of disease pro- 

 duced by radiation were carefully checked. Tens 



of thousands of samples were examined, from 

 which many lessons applicable to human beings 

 were learned. Biological and biophysical data ob- 

 tained were among the most important, although 

 not the most spectacular, of the bomb test con- 

 tributions. 



