title: Effects of the "special bomb": recollections of a neurosurgeon in Hiroshima, August 8-15, 1945.
abstract: This article recountsOFF (Shimada) Kishi's experience when he was appointed as chief of the First Investigation Committee that evaluated the damage caused by the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
authors.affiliation: Japanese Army Medical School, Tokyo.
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Kishi
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000266:history / Q000628:therapy; D049673:History, 20th Century; D007564:Japan; D009689:Nuclear Warfare / Q000266:history*; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy