Word: bombings
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...mission, led by Dr. Austin M. Brues of the University of Chicago and Dr. Paul S. Henshaw of the Manhattan District, examined some of the victims and collected information from Japanese physicians on The Bomb's delayed after-effects.* Chief findings...
Keloids. The most mysterious delayed effect was a peculiar kind of scar that formed on the skin of burned survivors. Many months after their burns (from The Bomb's terrific heat and ultraviolet radiation) had healed, victims still had raised, flat patches of thick scar tissue, sometimes covering the whole face or back. These scars'("keloids"), ranging in color from pink to brown, were often extremely sensitive to the touch...
Sterility. Atomic radiation has a known effect on reproductive organs. How damaging was The Bomb? Months after it fell, Japanese doctors examined the sperm of 124 Hiroshima men, found one-third of them sterile. The explosion had produced sterility up to three miles from the target center. Two-thirds of the women exposed to The Bomb's atomic radiation suffered interference with menstruation; some who were pregnant had miscarriages...
...first issue included an editorial on the Truman Doctrine ("In 1901, Theodore Roosevelt said, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick.' . . . Mr. Truman runs the risk of speaking loudly and then having to grab an atom bomb") and a profile of Henry Wallace, who is due in London next week. Excerpts: "There is still a Messianic strain about Wallace. He can embarrass his foes. But that is nothing to the embarrassment he causes himself and his friends...
...this country believe. Responsibility for allowing the situation to deteriorate to the extent that it has, in the author's opinion, is as much America's as the Soviet's, with the balance tipped in favor of Russia, since we always had the advantage of the atom bomb. The press, too, comes in for its share of criticism--he accuses a portion of it of deliberately distorting the facts. "Through Russia's Back Door" will not make easy reading for those content to blame Ivan for all our present woes...