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What You Should Know About the Atomic Bomb: A Message from the Surgeon General booklet
Key Details
Date: 1948
Created By: U.S. Surgeon General's Office, Army Medical Department
Original or Replica: Original
Era: The Presidency
Collection: IKEducation
Citations: A digital copy can be viewed at the U.S. National Library of Medicine. https://resource.nlm.nih.gov/45730340R
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This booklet contains a series of articles based on lectures delivered during the first years of atomic medicine. It is intended for medical doctors to learn from in order to be prepared in the event of a nuclear attack. 50 pages, contains illustrations.
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