| ID Code | 7205-0035 |
|---|---|
| Artifact Name | Shards of Glass Removed from the Inside of a Body |
| Donor | |
| Receiving Date | 2015/10/19 |
| Size (W×H×D) (mm) | 14×5×2 |
| Distance from the Hypocenter(m) | 860 |
| Number | 1 |
| Location | Moto-machi, Hakushima areas |
| Description | Shards of Glass Removed from the Inside of a Body Anonymous donation Approx.860m from the hypocenter Moto-machi Mr. Tsutomu Nakazawa (then, 21) was exposed to the A-bombing when he was on the second floor of the building of the 1st infantry unit of the Chugoku Military District. He lost consciousness, and his back and the right side of his body were pierced with shards of glass. When he regained consciousness, he found himself caught under the building. He was rescued from there immediately before a fire reached him. Although he tried to head for Ushita-machi where his mother had been evacuated, he could not walk due to his injuries. He crawled to Shukkei-en and spent the night there. Afterward, he managed to reach Ushita, and then his mother Ryo carried him in a handcart to a hospital. His back and the right side of his body were covered with blood, studded with shards of glass. He also had major injuries to his face and carotid artery, and clotted blood prevented him from opening his right eye. After the war, from 1958 to 1960, Tsutomu began to feel terrible pain in his body parts where shards of glass remained, and underwent surgery at the hospital. Despite a number of operations, not all of the shards of glass could be removed. Whenever he felt pain in his later years, he was always concerned that the pain might have been caused by the shards of glass. |