HI
your suggestions re electric feet and will let you know my results. We have a poor stock of emetine
hydrochloride for injection. Can you help with some tablets, please? There appears to be great
difficulty in getting any base for making up ointments and as such would appreciate any assistance in this line. M. and B., I presume, is not available or sulphathiazole for that. We have bacillary dysentery cases with only mag. sulph. to treat them with.
M. and B. or sulphathiazole could help us a lot. BI powder we still have some but could do with some more. A great emergency now arises with 10-cc syringes as we have only two in camp and no spares. This item is one you may be able to assist me with, as many syringes as you can spare, we will be glad to receive them. I will write you further next week. Diphtheria is well in hand now and we have a fair supply of antitoxin. Many thanks and all the best. Your assistance is
God bless you. greatly appreciated.
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(i) Letter dated December, 1942, from same officer.
"Many thanks for the items received. Diphtheria is now
controlled but our main problem of malnutrition is worrying me a lot. I am feeding 257 men daily at
"Jimmy's Kitchen" here and have at least another 150 men to add to my list.
Bismuth, sodii sal. and sodium bicarbonate are now required rather urgently. My very grateful thanks for all your help.
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(j) Receipt dated December, 1942, from same officer.
"Received the sum of Military Yen two thousand (and one thousand on each occasion during October and November)."
(k) Letter dated December, 1942, from same officer.
"Some more nicotinic acid. We have some 500 cases
of painful feet, etc. (pellagra like). 5000 tablets of nicotinic have been received by me. I do hope you are well. My best wishes and kindest regards."
(1) Letter dated January, 1943, from same officer.
"Many thanks for the M.Y.1000 received 0.K. I will
be able to do quite a lot now and put some of these men on their feet again. I omitted to include zinc oxide in my list to you. We are completely out and would be grateful to receive some. All is well now. My best wishes and grateful thanks."
(m) Receipt dated 3rd February, 1943, from same officer.
"Received one thousand military yen and one tin tablets."
"I wish to place on record the valuable assistance
rendered to the Shamshuipo Camp by Mr. Watanabe,
Interpreter, Prisoners of War Camps, Hong Kong.
Mr. Watanabe/