Astounding Science Fiction, British Edition — page 72: what you’re looking at

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70 ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION COMPARISON OF CASUALTIES FOR ATOMIC CONVENTIONAL BOMBS ese easeseeeese Population per sq. mile Square miles destroyed Killed and missing Injured Mortality per sq. mi. destroyed Casualties per sq. mi. destroyed Hiroshima Nagasaki Tokyo Average of 93 attacks ESE ee ee Atomic Atomic 1,667:tons 1,129 tons bomb bomb TNT and TNT and incendiary incendiary ee ae 35,000 65,000 130,000 =~ eee 4,7 1,8 15.8 1.8 A Ee eee 70,000 36,000 83,000 1,850 BY res eM | 70,000 40,000 102,000 1,830 15,000 20,000 5,200 1,000 30,000 42,000 11,800 2,000 SUMMARY OF CLINICAL SYMPTOMS OF RADIATION SICKNESS Time after exposure First week Second week Third week — Fourth week Lethal dose (600 r) Nausea and vomit- ing after 1-2 hours. No definite symptoms. Diarrhoea Vomiting Inflammation of mouth and throat. Fever Rapid emaciation. Death (Mortality probabl 100°) yp y Median lethal dose (400 r) Nausea and vomiting after 1-2 hours. . No definite symptoms. Beginning epilation. Loss of appetite and general malaise. Fever Severe inflammation of mouth and throat. Pallor Petechiae, Diarrhoea and nosebleeds. Rapid emaciation Death (Mortality probabl 50%) YP y Moderate dose (300—100 r) No definite symptoms. Epilation Loss of appetite and general malaise. Sore throat Pallor Petechiae Diarrhoea Moderate emaciation (Recovery likely unless compli- cated by poor previous health or super-im- posed injuries. or infections.) conniicloooks.c© im