MECHANICAL INJURIES

MECHANICAL INJURIES
The mechanical injuries included fractures, lacerations,
contusions, abrasions, and other effects to be expected from
falling roofs, crumbling walls, flying debris and glass, and
other indirect blast effects. The appearance of these various
types of mechanical injuries was not remarkable to the
medical authorities who studied them.
It was estimated that patients with lacerations at
Hiroshima were less than 10,600 feet from X, whereas at
Nagasaki they extended as far as 12,200 feet.
The tremendous drag of wind, even as far as 1 mile from
X, must have resulted in many injuries and deaths. Some
large pieces of a prison wall, for example, were flung 80
feet, and many have gone 30 feet high before falling. The
same fate must have befallen many persons, and the chances
of a human being surviving such treatment are probably
small.