Hiroshima diary [[electronic resource] ] : the journal of a Japanese physician, August 6-September 30, 1945 / / by Michihiko Hachiya ; translated & edited by Warner Wells ; with a new foreword by John W. Dower

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910791988303321
• Autore: Hachiya Michihiko <1903-1980.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c1995
• ISBN: 1-4945-0665-3; 0-8078-7355-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (267 p.)
• Disciplina: 940.54/25
• Soggetti: Physicians - Japan; World War, 1939-1945 - Japan - Hiroshima-shi; Atomic bomb - Physiological effect; Hiroshima-shi (Japan) History Bombardment, 1945 Personal narratives, Japanese
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; HIROSHIMA DIARY: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945; Foreword to the 1995 Edition; Foreword; The Place and the People; 6 August 1945; 7 August 1945; 8 August 1945; 9 August 1945; 10 August 1945; 11 August 1945; 12 August 1945; 13 August 1945; 14 August 1945; 15 August 1945; 16 August 1945; 17 August 1945; 18 August 1945; 19 August 1945; 20 August 1945; 21 August 1945; 22 August 1945; 23 August 1945; 24 August 1945; 25 August 1945; 26 August 1945; 27 August 1945; 28 August 1945; 29 August 1945; 30 August 1945; 31 August 1945; 1 September 1945; 2 September 19453 September 1945; 4 September 1945; 5 September 1945; 6 September 1945; 7 September 1945; 8 September 1945; 9 September 1945; 10 September 1945; 11 September 1945; 12 September 1945; 13 September 1945; 14 September 1945; 15 September 1945; 16 September 1945; 17 September 1945; 18 September 1945; 19 September 1945; 20 September 1945; 21 September 1945; 22 September 1945; 23 September 1945; 24 September 1945; 25 September 1945; 26 September 1945; 27 ; September 1945; 28 September 1945; 29 September 1945; 30 September 1945; Postscript; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; M; NO; P; R; S; T; W; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: While to many Americans the bombings may seem to date from a bygone era, the scientific knowledge obtained from these experiences is more relevant than ever before. It is likely the best evidence that will ever be gathered on the short- and long-term effects of nuclear exposure on a large population. In Japan, the dropping of the atomic bombs engendered a series of national medical studies copiously documented and analyzed by American and Japanese physicians and scientists