Haibara's Assistant's Notes (2)

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Assistant's Note 2
Kanji	助手の手記　二 じょしゅのしゅき　に
Game	Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse
Author	Shouji Katagiri
Chapter	Phase III: Lost Day
Located at	Haibara Infirmary, Archives
Obtained	On the desk
Description	A note by the assistant of "Dr. Haibara". It's about "Getsuyuu Syndrome".
Additional Description	A journal has been left on the desk.
Related Notes	Haibara's Assistant's Notes (1), Assistant's Note 3, Assistant's Note 4, Assistant's Note 5, Assistant's Note 6 & Assistant's Note 7

ENJA

I've now been able to personally observe patients with Getsuyuu Syndrome at Haibara Infirmary.

Seeing them with my own eyes, I sense something deeply unsettling about the nature of this disease.

As it progresses, diminishing memory causes a deterioration of the sense of self, culminating in the collapse of the personality.

Eventually, the patients cannot remember anything, do not respond to anything, and die.

Before it progresses to that extent, the majority of patients choose to end their own lives in some way or another.

Seeing the horrific way this disease breaks down and utterly consumes them sent a shiver down my spine.

Even Doctor Haibara himself, while he regards Getsuyuu Syndrome as an intractable disease endemic to the island, cannot grasp its true nature, and there is no definitive course of treatment.

He is confronting this disease with a variety of treatment methods, prioritizing medication while also exploring both surgical and folk remedies.

I'll be learning about them in more detail, starting tomorrow.

灰原病院にて実際に
月幽病患者の症例を観察する。

初めて月幽病の患者を目の当たりにし、
この病気に、何か得体の
しれない感触を覚えた。

月幽病は、
記憶の欠如とともに自己の認識が
崩れていき、人格が崩壊する。

最終的には一切の記憶がなくなるのか、
何も反応しなくなり、死に至る。

そこまで病状が進むまでに、
ほとんどの患者が
何らかの方法で自ら死を選ぶ。

患者が次第に壊れ、
この病気に飲まれていく様は
あまりに凄まじく、
見ていて体が震える。

灰原先生ご自身も、
月幽病を風土病的な
特殊疾患として考えておられるが、
その正体は掴んでおらず
治療法に決定打は無い。

先生は、投薬を中心に
外科手術や民間療法も取り入れ、
さまざまな治療法で
この病気に立ち向かっている。

明日から治療法の種類について
詳しく学ぼうと思う。