A child was born in April 1946 to a mother who became pregnant shortly before the bombing after the Hiroshima atomic bomb was dropped. The mother was exposed to the bomb 1.4 km from the hypocenter and received burns that formed keloids and was examined at the Hiroshima Hospital for Disaster Relief.

　　　U.S. Atomic Bomb Surveys

The National Archives College Park, Maryland

Feburay 22, 2024

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"HIROSHIMA SURVIVOR WITH CHILD BORN AFTER BOMBING."

MOTHER IS SHOWN WITH HER CHILD WHICH WAS BORN APRIL, 1946 

SO THAT CONCEPTION MOST HAVE OCCURRED JUST BEFORE THEn BOMBING.

BABY 1S IN APPARENT GOOD HEALTH. MOTHER WAS 1.6　KM. FROM HYPOCENTER AT TIME OF BOMBING.

SHE SUSTAINED BURNS WHICH HEALED WITH KELOID FORMATION OF LEFT HAND AND FOREARM, AND LEFT SIDE OF NECK. 

SHE WAS BEING TREATED AT HIROSHIMA POST OFFICE HOSPITAL.

PHOTOGRAPHER: DR. HENSHAW

RELEASED FOR PUBLICATION

BUREAU OF PUBLIC RELATIONS

WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON.

ATOMIC BOMB CASUALTIES.

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1946年12月6日

「原爆投下後に生まれた子供と被爆者。」

1946年4月に生まれた子供と母親。

妊娠は原爆投下の直前に起こったと思われる。

赤ちゃんは明らかに健康である。母親は爆心地から1.6kmにいた。

母親は火傷を負ったが、左手と前腕、左首筋にケロイドを形成して治癒した。

広島逓信病院で治療を受けていた。

撮影者：Dr. ヘンショー

掲載: ワシントンの陸軍省広報局

原爆による犠牲者

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