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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

          February 22, 2024

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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

14468

Atomic Bomb Casualties

Photography by Signal Corps. U.S. Army


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