Severe contractures and thick scar tissue developed on the burns of a woman who had sustained burns approximately 1.5 km from the hypocenter of the Nagasaki atomic bomb. The right hand contracture became so severe that it was investigated after a skin graft was placed on the right hand.

 　　　　　　　　　Undisclosed photos of Japanese 　　　　　　　A-bomb survivors

　　　U.S. Atomic Bomb Surveys

The National Archives College Park, Maryland

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SC-273301

287 

FEC-47-70146

17 DECEMBER 1946

SEVERE CONTRACTURES AND THIC SCAR TISSUE DEVELOP IN BURNS OF NAGASAKI ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR.

TAHIWA OKURA

SUSTAINED BURNS WHEN　ABOUT 1.5KM. FROM GROUND CENTER OF ATOMIC BOMB EXPLOSION AT NAGASAKI. 

CONTRACTURES OF HANDS ARE NOW SEVERE. A SKIN GRAFT HAS BEEN APPLIED TO　RIGHT HAND.

PHOTOGRAPHER-　DR. HENSHAW

RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION, BUREAU OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON

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Photography by Signal Corps. U.S. Army

A boy exposed to the Nagasaki atomic bomb is being treated for contractures and skin grafts on his lower extremities, an after effect of the burns. The mother of the child's back also developed keloids from burns on her face and upper extremities.

非公開の日本原爆被爆者の写真

ーアメリカ軍原爆調査団ー

アメリカ国立公文書館 2024年2月22日

(The National Archives College Park, Maryland) 

SC-273300

Sc. 273300 

487

FEC-47-70144

17 DECEMBER 1946

* CHILD BEING TREATED FOR SEQUELAR OF ATOMIC BOMB BURNS: "

CHILD WAS ON ITS MOTHERS BACK.

AT TIME OF THE ATOMIC BOMB EXPLOSION AT NAGASAKI, SEVERAL CONTRACTURES RESULTED FROM BURNS OF LEGS OF CHILD. 

THESE HAVE NOW BEEN TREATED WITH SKIN GRAFTS.

PHOTOGRAPHER: DR. HENSHAW

RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION

BUREAU OF PUBLIC RELATIONS

WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON

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Photograph by Signal Corps U.S. Army

14468

A 17-year-old boy sustained burns at the Nagasaki Station rail yard, approximately 2.5 km from the hypocentre of the Nagasaki atomic bomb. As the burns healed, heavy scar tissue appeared.

 　　　　　　　　　　Undisclosed photos of Japanese 　　　　　　　A-bomb survivors

　　　U.S. Atomic Bomb Surveys

The National Archives College Park, Maryland

Februray 22, 2024

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SC.273297

487

FE0-47-70140  13 DECEMBER 1946

"BURNS OF ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR HEAL WITH HEAVY SCAR FORMATION

THIS 17 YEAR OLD BOY SUSTAINED BURNS WHEN AT THE NAGASAKI R.R. STATION

ABOUT 2.5 KM FROM THE GROUND CENTER AT THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSION. HEAVY SCAR TISSUE APPEARED AS THE BURNS HEALED. HEAVY SCAR TISSUE ALSO

OCCURRED LATER, HOWEVER, ON HIS LEFT THIGH WERE SKIN WAS REMOVED TO GRAFT A BURNED AREA.

PHOTOGRAPHER & DR. HENSHAW

RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION

BUREAU OF PUBLIC RELATIONS

WAR DERARTMENT, WASHINTON.

by Signal Corps U.S.Army

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A Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor with burn scars who was exposed to the bomb about 1 kilometer from the hypocenter in Nagasaki, where heavy scar tissue formed extensively.

   　　　　　　Undisclosed photos of Japanese 　　　

　　　　　　A-bomb survivors

　　　U.S. Atomic Bomb Surveys

The National Archives College Park, Maryland

Feburay 22, 2024

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SC-273294

EBC-47-70147　487

10 DECEMBER 1946

NAGASAKI ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR NOW RETAINS HEAVY SCARS FROM BURNS.

TAMA YAMADA

SUSTAINED BURNS

WHEN ABOUT 1 KM FROM THE GROUND CENTER AT NAGASAKI. 

THE BURNS HEALED FOLLOWED BY EXTENSIVE FORMATION OF HEAVY SCAR TISSUE. SHE ALSO LOST ALL OF SCALP AND AXILLARY HAIR, THE SCALP HAIR.

NOW HAVING RETURNED BUT NOT AXILLARY HAIR. ONE OF THREE OTHERS PERSONS WITH HER DIED.

PHOTOGRAPHER-DR. HENSHAW

RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION

BUREAU OF PUBLIC RELATIONS WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON

Photogaraphy by Signal Corps U.S.Army　14468

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