VOSHN 238

<body><a href="../index.html">HOME</a><br><table summary="222"><tr><td class="etesti">222</td><td class="edate">August 9<sup>th</sup>, 1945.  In the evening</td><td class="eage">26 years old at that time</td></tr><tr><td class="ei_midasi" colspan=3>If their pupils were open...</td></tr></table><div class="largep"><p>Most of the injured were suffering from burns or external injuries: having stones, pieces of glass or twigs sticking out of their bodies.  Needless to say, burn injury was above the all.  I frequently heard the voices, "Water, water, water please" </p><br><p>At that time, nobody knew how radiation would affect human body.  We, doctors, did not even know why the injured were in state of paralysis.  Anyhow, we ran a first-aid practice in waves.</p><br><p>One nurse said, "I cannot tell which patient is dead or which is not."  In reply, I said, "Look at their pupils.  If they are wide opened, it means that the person is dead."</p><p>We provided first aid as much as we could to the ones that had pupil reactions.</p></div></body>