Pieces of Window Glass

Surgically removed glass fragment
Donor: Yoshi Fujikawa, courtesy of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

Yoshi Fujikawa (then 30) was covered by window glass fragments over her entire body and trapped under a building. Since 1946 she has undergone several extraction operation. The largest shard was this triangular piece extracted from her buttocks around 1972.

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