Undisclosed photos of Japanese A-bomb survivors
U.S. Atomic Bomb Surveys
The National Archives College Park, Maryland
Feburay 23, 2024
TR - 15646
TR-15646
U.S. Navy
SUBJECT: 473754 - Sept 1945
CAPTION:
JAPANESE ATTEND SHINTO SERVICES IN HIROSHIMA FOR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES KILLED IN ATOM BOMB BLAST OF WORLD WAR II.
LOCATION: HIROSHIMA, JAPAN
PHOTOGRAPHER:MILLER, WAYNE.LT.
TAKEN BY (UNIT)
LOCAL NO: TR-15646
CLASSIFICATION: RELEASED
Undisclosed photos of Japanese A-bomb survivors
U.S. Atomic Bomb Surveys
The National Archives College Park, Maryland
Feburay 23, 2024
TR - 15655
Undisclosed photos of Japanese A-bomb survivors
U.S. Atomic Bomb Surveys
473736
The National Archives College Park, Maryland
Feburay 23, 2014
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
88747-70151
スコットランド 273305
1946年12月10日
* 原爆による火傷の痕が残っている。
この17歳の少年は原爆の爆発で火傷を負った。XT NAGASAKI(長崎原子爆弾)。火傷は治り、ところどころに厚い瘢痕がある。足と手の瘢痕は部分的に色素沈着している。
撮影者：ヘンショー医師
ワシントン陸軍省広報局・ワシントンの陸軍省
写真：アメリカ陸軍信号隊14468
原爆 犠牲者
No. 488747-70151
Sc. 273305
10 DEC 46
* HEAVY SCARS APPEAR FROM BURNS DUE TO ATOMIC BOMB:"
THIS 17 YEAR OLD BOY SUSTAINED BURNS FROM THE ATOMIC BOMB EXPLOSION. XT NAGASAKI. HE WAS ON HTS ABDOMEN AT THE TIME. BURNS HAVE HEALED WITH THICK SCAR AT SOME PLACES. SCARS ON LEGS AND HANDS ARE PARTIALLY DEPIGMENTED.
PHOTOGRAPHER: DR. HENSHAW
RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION BUREAU OF PUBLIC RELATIONS
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON
Photograph by Signal Corps U.S. Army14468
Atomic
Bomb. Casualtie
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Boys exposed to the Nagasaki atomic bomb showed typical keloid scars similar to those of many burn victims.
A survey of the surgical sequelae of Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors seven years after the bombing was conducted by the Nagasaki University School of Medicine (Chouraisuke) in August 1946, September 1947, and January 1949, a total of three times. Initially, 67% of burn patients and 21% of trauma patients were found to have keloids in their scars. Moreover, even after surgical removal of the keloids, the majority of the keloids recurred.
The third survey in January 1949 confirmed that the keloids tended to heal spontaneously over time and that the number of recurrences after surgery had decreased markedly. In 1952, seven full years after the Nagasaki atomic bombing, the status of atomic bomb keloids, the course of burns and trauma received from the atomic bomb, and the course of surgical treatment of motor disability of the limbs were observed. There were only 290 patients in total, 123 males and 167 females, with sequelae. Burns were the most common type of injury at the time of injury, followed by vitreous wounds, and fractures and dislocations were rare. Dislocations of the wrist and knee joints, which are characteristic of atomic bombings, were observed.
The sequelae of the injuries were hypertrophic scars, but keloids were very rare, and most of the scars were ordinary simple simple scars. Contractures were mostly due to hypertrophic scarring, and the rest were due to fractures and dislocations. Nerve palsy is due to dissection of the nerve trunk caused by a piece of glass, and ulnar nerve palsy is the most common cause of palsy. The deformities of the ear shell were caused by chondritis due to suppuration of facial burns, resulting in deformity of the ear.
Most of the keloids from atomic-bomb burns were transformed into simple or thickened scars, and only 6.3% of burns and 0.9% of traumatic injuries had small keloids on a part of the limbus. Furthermore, 3 out of 12 cases (2 burns and 1 trauma) were congenital keloids that were caused by moxibustion scars or insect bite scars. All other keloids caused by the atomic bomb tended to heal completely spontaneously, with the exception of those with congenital conditions.
These are both lower limbs of Yoh Takeuchi, a 12-year-old girl whose daughter suffered from atomic bomb sickness caused by the Hiroshima atomic bomb. It was taken by Shunkichi Kikuchi on October 11, 1945 at the temporary special relief hospital established at the Oshiba National School in Hiroshima City. The daughter, Yoh Takeuchi, suffered a dislocated right hip, traumatic injuries to her right lateral knee and left leg, and ulcerated contusions.
Yoh Takeuchi was exposed to the bomb about 2 km southwest of the hypocenter. A refrigerator fell over and he became trapped under it, temporarily blacking out. As a result, his right hip joint was dislocated, and he suffered trauma to his right knee and the inside of his left leg. The wounds became infected and serious. She also received a shaved wound on the back of her head. Both mother and daughter entered Oshiba National School on September 18, the day the A-bomb disease manifested itself. About two months after the bombing, she developed A-bomb sickness. Hair loss, diarrhea, and fever followed. Her mother, Yone Takeuchi, died of A-bomb Disease on October 14, and her daughter, Yoh Takeuchi, died of A-bomb Disease in November 1945.
A temporary special relief hospital was set up at Oshiba National School, located 2.4 km north of the hypocenter in Oshiba 1-chome, Nishi Ward, Hiroshima City. The school building was heavily damaged and partially destroyed by fire. The school yard was overflowing with evacuees and was converted into a temporary relief hospital. On August 6, the day of the atomic bombing, the area was engulfed in fire, and those who were in charge of the rescue had to evacuate temporarily, leaving behind severely injured patients who could not be moved. However, as soon as the fire subsided, medical personnel turned back and reassumed their medical duties. 2 doctors, 3 dentists, 2 pharmacists, and 1 midwife were assigned to the hospital.
The boy was admitted to a hospital in Nagasaki after the atomic bombing. Even five months after the explosion on August 9, 1945, he suff...
