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stuffed a towel into his mouth, then with one quick slice of the scalpel he
was opened up."

Even with the intestines and organs exposed, a person does not die
immediately. It is the same physical situation as ordinary surgery under
anesthesia in which a person is operated on and restored. Witnesses at
vivisections report that the victim usually lets out a horrible scream when
the cut is made, and that the voice stops soon after that. The researchers
then conduct their examination of the organs, remove the ones that they

want for study, then discard what is left of the body. Somewhere in the
process, the victim dies, through blood loss or removal of vital organs.
A very brief video testimony was provided by Kurumizawa Masakuni.

He was advanced in age and weak at the time of the interview, and only
photographs of him appeared on screen. His voice was almost inaudible. He
spoke of the time he was working on a woman victim who had awakened
from anesthesia while being vivisected. The woman interviewing him asked
what happened.

"She opened her eyes."
"And then?"

"She hollered."
"What did she say?"

Kurumizawa could not answer, then began weeping feebly and
murmured, "I don't want to think about it again."

The interviewee apologized, waited a few seconds, and tried again for
an answer. He gave it through sobs.
"She said, 'It's all right to kill me, but please spare my child's life.'"

Four months after this interview, Kurumizawa died.
A similar incident is reported in Part 2 of this book. There is no way of
knowing whether these two reports refer to the same episode. Women were

captured and experimented upon, and a large number of babies were born in
captivity. Some were born to women who had been brought in while
pregnant. Others were born to women who became pregnant in forced sex
acts during tests investigating the transmission of venereal disease.
There are accounts of experiments being carried out on mothers and

children. The gas chamber was one venue for these tests. Also, Part 2 of this
book includes an account of three mothers with children used in an air drop