AWM Collection Record: ART90839
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ID Number: | ART90839 |
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| Title: | New arrivals: dressing ulcers, Chungkai | ||
| Maker: | Chalker, Jack | ||
| Object type: | Drawing | ||
| Place made: | Thailand | ||
| Date made: | 1943-1945 | ||
| Physical description: | watercolour heightened with white with pen, brush and ink, mounted on two sheets of paper on card | ||
| Measurements: | 24.6 cm x 37.6 cm | ||
| Summary: | Soldiers dressing ulcers in the prisoner of war camp, Chungkai, Burma-Thailand Railway. Even small cuts and scratches could turn into gaping and stinking tropical ulcers, caused by bacteria in the soil. Operating confronted doctors with a terrible choice, a bad ulcer could kill a man, but operating on weak men with inadequate or inappropriate drugs resulted in an appalling high death rate. | ||
| Copyright: | Unlicensed copyright; External copyright | ||
| Related subject: | Hospitals; Medical services; Prisoners of war | ||
| Related unit: | Hospitals | ||
| Related place: | Burma Thailand Railway: Chungkai | ||
| Related conflict: | Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Last-Modified: Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:10:11 GMT
