NLM Digital Collections

[Radiation - Effects]: [Destruction of Shima Hospital]

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Publication:
[Japan] , October 5, 1945
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Nuclear Weapons
Radiation Effects
Hospitals
Japan
Hiroshima-shi (Japan)
Abstract:
Brick building with load-bearing walls. Shima hospital. This structure was within 50 meters of the point above which the bomb exploded. Note the huge lethal fragments in which the building has collapsed. There were no survivors.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 photoprint.
NLM Unique ID:
101406779 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A023158
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101406779