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."