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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.

    Undisclosed photos of Japanese    

      A-bomb survivors

   U.S. Atomic Bomb Surveys

The National Archives College Park, Maryland

February 22, 2024

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Sc. 273300 
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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
Atomic Bomb Casualties
Photograph by Signal Corps U.S. Army
14468

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