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cessive for the smaller WASPs.  Several descended by parachute with no harm aside from some generalized temporary soreness.  There was no evidence of breast irritation when the harness was fitted properly.

The problem of urinary relief in flight was managed, although never entirely successfully.  The Aero-Medical Laboratory designed special flying suits for women for experimentation but the program ended before any general trial.  

Two cases of clear-cut psychoneurosis were eliminated on arrival as trainees.  Two others were eliminated after they had been on operational duty for about six months.

There were four recognized cases of air sickness amount trainees but only two of these had to be eliminated because of persistence of symptoms.  The 35hour requirement for entrance served to screen out most applicants subject to this trouble.

Each new class of trainees brought a new wave of common respiratory diseases which continued for a week or ten days and was limited chiefly to the new arrivals.  Trainees were repeatedly instructed in prophylactic measures aimed to ventilate the ears, an no serious cases of ear trouble were reported related to changes in atmospheric conditions.  Ear trouble was mostly related to the swimming season.

There were no cases of venereal disease among inductees at the training base and none among trainees; non was discovered or reported among WASPs on operational duty.  The morality of the WASP was exceedingly high. The exception was remarkably few.

Altitude chamber tests were made with 386 WASPs and the reactions compared with the reactions of 719 aviation cadets whose records were drawn from the files at random and included approximately the same periods of time as those of the WASP.  The tolerance to anoxia is given in the table as the percentage of individuals that could not complete a six-minute period at 18,000 feet without supplementary oxygen.  The figures in the table are

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