Takashi Nagai (1908–1951) was a Japanese physician, medical researcher, and writer. A specialist in radiology at Nagasaki Medical College, he developed leukemia after years of exposure to radiation in the course of his medical work. On August 9, 1945, he was seriously wounded by the atomic bombing of Nagasaki but continued treating the injured. Increasingly confined to his sickbed after the war, he wrote extensively about the atomic bombing, medicine, faith, family, and peace. In his best-known work, "Nagasaki no Kane," Nagai recounts the moment he experienced the atomic bombing, his efforts to treat the wounded, the death of his wife, and the medical relief work carried out amid the ruins of Nagasaki. Writing as both a survivor and a physician, he also recorded the physical effects of radiation and the symptoms suffered by survivors, leaving an account of a devastated city and the people struggling to survive in its aftermath.
