Michihiko Hachiya (1903–1980)
Autor(a) de Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945
About the Author
Obras por Michihiko Hachiya
Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945 (1955) 311 exemplares
Hiroshima Doctor 1 exemplar
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Conhecimento Comum
- Nome canónico
- Hachiya, Michihiko
- Nome legal
- 蜂谷, 道彦 (Forme internationale japonais)
- Data de nascimento
- 1903
- Data de falecimento
- 1980-04-13
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Japan
- Local de nascimento
- Okayama, Chūgoku, Japon
- Locais de residência
- Hiroshima, Japan
- Educação
- Université d'Okayama (Doctorat, Médecine, 19 38)
- Ocupações
- physician
- Organizações
- Hiroshima Communications Hospital
Membros
Críticas
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 3
- Membros
- 313
- Popularidade
- #75,401
- Avaliação
- 4.3
- Críticas
- 8
- ISBN
- 17
- Línguas
- 4
- Marcado como favorito
- 1
Rumors are flying and facts are scarce since the bomb severed communication between Hiroshima and the rest of the world. The reader feels Dr. Hachiya’s bewilderment as he tries to figure out why patients with seemingly minor injuries were suddenly sickening and dying. The reader knows they’re victims of radiation poisoning, but Dr. Hachiya doesn’t know what the reader knows. He assembles data on the patients who died as well as on patients who recovered, and he discovers that a patient’s proximity to the epicenter of the explosion is predictive of the outcome of their disease.
This is as close to a primary source on the effects of the A-bomb on Hiroshima as you’ll get without being able to read Japanese.… (mais)