《LAST AID THE MEDICAL DIMENSIONS OF NUCLEAR WAR》

Prologue1

Section I Introduction5

1. Physicians and Nuclear War7

2. Physicians for Nuclear Disarmament16

3. General Principles of Nuclear Explosions23

4. The Physical Effects of a Nuclear Explosion28

Section II Nuclear War, 194541

5. Nagasaki, August 9, 1945: A Personal Account43

6. Psychological Effects of the Atomic Bombings48

7. Acute Medical Effects at Hiroshima and Nagasaki69

8. Delayed Medical Effects at Hiroshima and Nagasaki93

Section III Nuclear War, 1980's: The Physical and Medical Consequences109

9. The Effects of Nuclear War111

10. The Medical Effects on a City in the United States137

11. Evaluation of the Medical Consequences of a Nuclear Attack151

12. The Possible Consequences of a Nuclear Attack on London163

13. Fatalities from a One-Megaton Explosion over Tokyo173

Section IV Nuclear War, 1980's: The Medical Response179

14. The Immediate Medical Response181

15. Burn Injuries Among Survivors202

16. Survivors of Nuclear War: Infection and the Spread of Disease211

17. The Consequences of Radiation Exposure Following a Nuclear Explosion234

Section V Nuclear War, 1980's: Environmental and Psychological Consequences247

18. The Consequences of Radioactive Fallout249

19. Changes in Ozone Content from a Nuclear Explosion280

20. Survivors of Nuclear War: Psychological and Communal Breakdown287

Epilogue295

Appendix297

Summary Proceedings of the First Congress of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War299

Suggested Readings319

Index327