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Aim: The aim of the present research is to clarify the nursing care conducted just before and after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. Methods: Five surviving nurses, who were registered nursing staff at that time in Hiroshima, offered to participate in this research. Individual interviews were conducted in order to obtain the information concerning the nursing activities in the disaster-stricken areas. The collected information was collated with the documents with regard to the atomic bombing in Hiroshima, and compared with the current studies concerning nursing in disaster. Findings: The five nurses who participated in the study made it clear that, from the day of the bombing, nursing care activities changed moment by moment according to the condition of the radiation victims, the stricken areas and the relief systems. Under these circumstances, the nurses tried to help the victims of the bombing by devising anything useful for nursing care. Conclusion: The research participants left their messages, pointing out that nurses' mental attitude to those in front of them as patients is one of the most important things to keep in mind following any major disaster.

application/pdf, Experimental diets containing 1 or 2 % acetic acid were fed to Single comb White Leghorn hens ad libitum and collected the contents in jejunum and ileum. Contents were diluted and dilution were cultured for 48 hours at 38 °C in anaerobic condition. The colonies of anaerobic bacteria in jejunum were decreased with addition of acetic acid whereas that in ileum was not changed. These results suggested the possibility that added acetic acid was absorbed at upper part of intestine so acetic acid showed no effect at ileum, lower part of intestine., 単冠白色レグホーン種の雌に酢酸を1および2%添加した飼料を給与し、腸内嫌気性菌に及ぼす影響を調べた。空腸の内容物中に生息する嫌気性菌数は酢酸の添加によって減少する傾向が見られ、1%添加の方が影響の程度は大きくなった。また回腸内容物中の嫌気性細菌数においては酢酸添加の影響はみられず、添加給与した酢酸は腸管の上部で吸収される可能性が示唆された。