Contents: 1  History of the Scientific View on Schizophrenia as a Disease. 2  Evidence and Information on the Disease Process of Schizophrenia Significant Loss of Gray Matter of Brain (up to 25% in some areas) Enlarged Ventricles. 3  Additional Information on the Disease Process of Schizophrenia.
Now, the names of the Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki are notorious tombstones in history. The two atomic bombs dropped on the cities in August 1945, 70 years ago, claimed as many as 250,000 lives, according to some estimates of the death toll.
For a detailed timeline of the bombings, please see Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombing Timeline. On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped its first atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. The bomb was known as Little Boy, a uranium gun-type bomb that exploded with about thirteen kilotons of force. At the time of the bombing, Hiroshima was home to 280,000-290,000 civilians as well as 43,000 soldiers. Between 90,000 and 166,000 people are believed to have died from the bomb in the four-month period following the explosion.