Dr. Michihiko Hachiya was Director of the Hiroshima Communications Hospital when the world's first atomic bomb was dropped on the city. After the bomb, he continued as Director there for several years before taking on a teaching role at Okayama University Medical School. He retired in Okayama and passed away in the 1980s.
One of the most extraordinary records of human calamity and courage
in the history of letters.
*Newsweek*
Comes closer to telling the real story than anything I have seen
outside of Japan.
*Norman Cousins*
I have read it through as a sitting... It is a simple and
unpretentious account of compassion, sorrow, and great courage.
*Robert Oppenheimer*
A book that we all ought to read in order that we may know what we
have done and what will happen in the future if the atomic weapons
continue to be used.
*Pearl Buck, author of The Good Earth*
Chronicling the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing, this first-hand
account shares a remarkable story of human endurance, and a
doctor's unassuming dedication[....]From its visceral chronicling
of the horrors encountered in the immediate aftermath of the atomic
bomb, through to caring for patients, and investigations into the
strange symptoms of radiation sickness, The Doctor of Hiroshima is
lucid, uniquely insightful, and suffused in Dr Hachiya's profound
humanity, hope and dedication.
*LoveReading*
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