Heavy scars appear from burns due to atomic bomb : " This 17 year old boy sustained burns from the atomic bomb explosion at Nagasaki. He was on his abdomen at the time. Burns have healed with formation of thick scars at some places. Scars on legs and hands are partially depigmented.

Undisclosed photos of Japanese

 　　　　　　　A-bomb survivors

　　　U.S. Atomic Bomb Surveys

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*"HEAVY SCARS APPEAR FROM BURNS DUE TO ATOMIC BOMB : "

THIS 17 YEAR OLD BOY SUSTAINED BURNS FROM THE ATOMIC BOMB EXPLOSION AT NAGASAKI. HE WAS ON HIS ABDOMEN AT THE TIME. BURNS HAVE HEALED WITH FORMATION OF THICK SCARS AT SOME PLACES. SCARS ON LEGS AND HANDS ARE PARTIALLY DEPIGMENTED.

PHOTOGRAPHER: DR. HENSHAW

Atomic Bomb Casualties.

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Photography by Signal Corps US Army

Kiku Tsuji suffered burns on both legs from the Nagasaki bomb, about 2.4 km from the hypocentre. The healing of the left leg was prolonged. Large amounts of scar tissue recurred in the area after the skin graft and on the thigh from which the skin graft was removed.

 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

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"BURNS OF NAGASAKI ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR HEAL WITH HEAVY SCAR TISSUE:" KIWA TSUJI SUSTAINED BURNS OF BOTH LEGS FROM THE ATOMIC BOMB EXPLOSION AT NAGASAK!. HEALING OF THE LEFT LEG WAS PROLONGED. A LARGE AMOUNT OF SCAR TISSUE RECORRED IN THE AREAS AFTER SKIN GRAFTING HEAVY SCAR TISSUE ALSO APPEARED IN DO NOR SITES ON THE THIGHS USED FOR SKIN GRAFTING. SHE WAS ABOUT 2.2 KM. FROM THE GROUND CENTER AT THE TIME OF THE EXPLOSTON.

PHOTOGRAPHER: DR. HENSHAW

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The Nagasaki atomic bomb left a young girl, Ikuko Nagatomi, with burns about 1.4 km from the hypocenter, and she was treated for scar tissue and depigmented scars.

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ーアメリカ軍原爆調査団ー

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#GIRL BEING TREATED FOR SCARS FROM BURNS OF ATOMIC BOMB:" TKUKO NAGATOMI SUSTAINED BURNS FROM ATOMIC BOMB EXPLOSION AT NAGASAKI. THESE HEALED WITH LARGE AREAS OF SCAR TISSUE AND DEPIGMENTED SKIN AREAS REMAINING. SHE WAS ABOUT 1.4 KM. FROM THE GROUND CENTER.

PHOTOGRAPHER : ?

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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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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

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(The National Archives College Park, Maryland) 

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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

Atomic Bomb Casualties

Photograph by Signal Corps U.S. Army

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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

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Februray 22, 2024

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"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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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

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Atomic Bomb, Casualties