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Oo not until the summer
he 7 that I learned I had
Pen affected mi
Itadiation by the atomic
PAE fine:

a first I felt rather dull
Rooke My complexion did not
leian Well at all. The physi-
'-8N did not give mea definite
pesnosis,

4 oc school summer holi-
ang my complexion got paler
|. © paler and I began to suf-

‘Tequent faints,

re that time, as I was work-
ich x the entrance examina-
= © a high school, I worked
baie ere in spite of my in-
Pie ot For all: my ef-
Be erever, I was unable
| What any progress, and
i ead worse, my condition
an Norse and worse.
1 Year Bay of the following
‘Was o 54), once or twice I
Pfron n the point of fainting
kept pee and narrowly
. the ae it. When I sat for
high cence examination of a
tired pene) I felt so much
j Stair at I hardly got up the
7," Of the school building.
€ physical examination,
£00 Ror advised me to take
ee of myself, then.
" Scious eee I have been con-
"Course = my indisposition. Of
ing 4” have been consult-
- ished physician. Having fin-
’ tion rn entrance examina-
as ad my blood examin-
| Pected found out an unex-
} that aes which showed
| Corpuse] _my white and red
i. ecresis es were remarkably
| (This iy to about one-third.
* ret 3 act had been kept sec-
4 Baan me for a long while.)
Poti, the physician’s
| takin nt I usually have been
ea such medicine as green
| Purp and ‘iron” for the
bi, 2S® of “increasing — the

} 00d; an
bAnjectignc. on the other hand,

ithe q

| of Ss treatments not being
Onga Y avail, I asked Dr.-Tom-
pee sor of the medical
_ Versit ment of Nagasaki Uni-
a a to _visit my house.
i blood 4; result of a careful
© most eae it proved to be the
os angerous blood case,
: Serioy was told that I was in
of this condition. The result
eart t blood test struck my
ane erribly and I was dis-
sated very much.
compelie. great regret (I was
+ fu, Hi ed to give up my hope-
b eee school days and to
fime ve from school for a
I et it last, on July 14, 1954,
Persia the Nagasaki Uni-
} et Hospital under treat-
about a Dr, Osajima. For
tereg Half a year after I en-
ae the disease made no
10 bn Ss and it gave great joy
vy. Raneats: \
{ ra 1o3 io Re
oie March 18 in the folléw-
vee (1956), I fell again
> ferin bad condition after suf-
1 & from severe headaches

8nd Re
-¢ difficult breathing, Not

fer
from a bad headache, and.

only the doctor,- but the in-
terns in charge of me, ran
to my bed, and cooperated in
treating me with emergency
injection or transfusion.

I was in such critical con-
dition that the doctors and the
others were going to give me
up for lost. More than 10 cam-
phoric injections every half
sour were necessary to ‘save
my life.

-Miraculously the danger
passed away in three days and
I was rescued again! At one
midnight in the following
month after I fell into a state
of dullness, all of a sudden f
was atacked by excessive nose
bleeding, bitterly suffering
from shortage of breath, but
my head was quite clear.

With a medical specialist’s
first treatment, the bleeding
seemed to stop for a time,’ but
a few days later I began to
bleed again: the blood being
the brown, discolored one that
was warmed by. my tempera-
ture of 40 degrets Centigrade,
and my face swelled up. Being
in such a painful condition, I
was about to lose my pres-
ence of mind, I couldn’t stand
it any longer.

Again I was in the most dan-
gerous condition and my par-
ents were told by the doctor
that I would be entirely hope-
less. In fact at that time I
couldn’t see anything, and my
hands and feet lost their
senses; I could not speak in
the least.

All the while my parents
watched and nursed me and
applied the pieces of ice to my
swelled face to. cool. My fath-
er always says to me “JT will
do my best for your, recov-
ery,” and he has done his ut-
most to nurse me, attending
all day long ever since I was
laid up, so has my mother
done! i

Considering my fatal dis-
ease, I have determined more
than once to kill myself; how-
ever, my parents’ affections
have weakened my resolution.

Lately, I have pains all over
my body, and have been suf-
fering from a bad headache al-
most every day. There is nota
day when I am free from
fever or abnormal condition.

x 5 xt

_. An atomic bomb casu-
aly is such a_ terrible dis-
ease as this, and never cur-
able. I wish to offer the most
absolute opposition against
any war. Of course, an atomic
or hydrogen bombing, as well
as an actual experiment of
their substantials, should be
forbidden strictly. It goes
wi hout saying that atomic

energy should be utilized only .

for the walfare of humanity.
Suppose the leaders of the
two great wcerld powers have
a son or sons who happen. to
meet such”a terrible fate as
my .own, they.must instantly

give up their raising such a

cruel weapon, I am sure.

Were I not affected by the

atomic bombing disease, today
I should be happy as a sound
student of my long-cherished

university.
Afi. opportunity —

of it?

I, here, have the honor of
informing you, distinguished
representatives, of the facts of
what has happened to me as
an atomic bomb casualty. I
to co-
operate in making objection
against atomic and hydrogen
bombing, and keep your lov-
ing litle ones away from this

respectfully ask you

miserable disaster.
I sincerely and

of humanity.

the
only opportunity — has gone-
away forever, and will never
come back again for me! The
pleasant youthful days have
been no longer with me. I was
only seven years of age, an
innocent child, when I was at -
tacked by the atomic bornb-
ing. How could I know the
reason why I became a victim

fervently
hope that in the future man-
kind will be free from the
fear of war, and atomic en-
ergy will be utilized only for
the realization of the welfare

Be

Twelve years after Hiroshima, rad

-bomb victim tells stor

y

i RS ae Saar

fation disease continues

to claim its victims, like this woman and boy, dooming “hem

to a slow death.

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