Free Biogenesis by Tatsuaki Ishiguro

Sakakibara’s wishes, his body underwent an autopsy on the day he passed away. Several of his organs had withered or become enlarged in ways that were not consistent with his illness. Any relationship to the cause of his illness remains obscure. We expect to learn more about this as well in the near future, in the form of a case study.
    Much of the concrete data, including photographs and figures, had to be omitted owing to copyrights retained by the late Dr. Akedera. I beg my readers’ forgiveness. The photographs included are reprinted from
The Four Seasons of Kamuikotan
and the
Kitasorachi News
.
    Tatsuaki Ishiguro   
    August 1993          
References
    1.    Takeuchi, Kiyoshi,
The Biota of Kamuikotan
, Kamui Medical Co., Ltd.
    2.    
The Four Seasons of Kamuikotan
, photographed by Katsumi Igarashi, BEN Planning
    3.    Presentation Number 1192, Minutes from the 51st Annual Meeting of the Rare Biota of Japan Academic Association
    4.    Ishikawa, S.,
Mouse
, 82, 96–101 (1982)
    5.    “Confusion Surrounding the Winged Mouse,”
Kitasorachi News
, 5 October 1983 edition
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Ecology
, November 1985 edition, Nemoto Books
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Science Bulletin
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Genetic Operations Manual
,
New Edition
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Kitasorachi News
, 11 September 1989, evening edition
    10.   Ishiguro, Tatsuaki,
Compass Medical Outline
, Mech Publishing
    11.   Ishiguro, Tatsuaki,
Random Surgeonology
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Nature
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PART TWO

Snow Woman
     
    There is a condition known as hypothermia. The term comes from the Greek for “low body temperature” and usually signifies a pathological state where a loss of body temperature can end in freezing to death. It also, however, refers to rare instances where the patient’s metabolism stabilizes at a lower body temperature. “Idiopathic hypothermia” has been reported only sporadically worldwide, and an accurate portrait of the condition does not exist at the moment. Although the prevailing view is that the decreased metabolism leads to a longer lifespan, there is a high incidence of death from accompanying illnesses, and unlike with “idiopathic hyperthermia,” which has been shown to have no bearing on lifespans, as of yet no statistical data on the average convalescent is available. The catchall term “idiopathic” actually encompasses various pathological conditions that have been proposed, from genetic factors, mutations in the temperature-regulating abilities of the brain, and hormonal imbalances, to the production of chemical substances usually associated with hibernation. There are very few individual cases where a specific cause has been identified, and it is said that the condition may in fact be a conglomeration of several. Furthermore, there are cases where pigment production is affected, as it is in albinism, and research is currently underway to determine their connection.
    Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome and Takayasu Disease are among the relatively small number of illnesses discovered by Japanese, some of which, however, are considered to be medically significant. While not known as such among medical professionals, since it was not named after the person who discovered it unlike the preceding examples, it was a young Japanese doctor who made the earliestknown report worldwide of “idiopathic hypothermia.” An Internet MEDLINE search of the phrase will display the Japanese author name H. Yuhki. This refers to one Koho Yuhki (“Koho” being an alternative reading of “Hironori”), an army doctor who had been assigned to the Ashibetsu-Shinjo Clinic in Hokkaido in the mid 1920s. He was the first person in the world to report,