Medical care and health issues

Medical and dental facilities were for the most part inadequate, lacking in both equipment and staff. Doctors and nurses were overworked, and treatment was often substandard as well as delayed. Camp inmates recall outbreaks of food poisoning, tuberculosis and dysentery epidemics, and preventable deaths of patients and newborns.

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Minidoka hospital staff (ddr-densho-518-40)
img Minidoka hospital staff (ddr-densho-518-40)
Written next to photograph in scrapbook: Hospital, [left to right ] Pauline Tanabe, Aiko Masuda, Miss Schwager, Grace.
First large list of staple drugs, the most money I ever spent in one day which of course means nothing to anyone, except myself (ddr-csujad-55-1378)
doc First large list of staple drugs, the most money I ever spent in one day which of course means nothing to anyone, except myself (ddr-csujad-55-1378)
Order form including list of staple drugs for use at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp. Form includes name of drugs, quantity, unit, price, and amount. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 49. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …
Program from Christmas party for medical staff at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp (ddr-csujad-55-1387)
doc Program from Christmas party for medical staff at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp (ddr-csujad-55-1387)
Program for a Christmas party for the medical staff at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 56. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1389
Department of Health and Physical Education proposed program 1943-1944 (ddr-csujad-55-1734)
doc Department of Health and Physical Education proposed program 1943-1944 (ddr-csujad-55-1734)
Program proposal for the department of Health and Physical Education at Poston incarceration camp. Includes health services, follow up, control and prevention of communicable diseases, development of attitudes and knowledge related to health, and activities and physical education, See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1736
Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting, October 26, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-484)
doc Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting, October 26, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-484)
Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting. Includes discussion on Christmas, "evacuee doctors", and camp operations and services. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0486
Training of George K. Kambara, MD (ddr-csujad-55-1985)
doc Training of George K. Kambara, MD (ddr-csujad-55-1985)
Article on George K. Kambara covering his early life in California, education, incarceration, his ophthalmology practice at the Tule Lake incarceration camp, his experience as a doctor in Memphis and Wisconsin, relocation to Los Angeles, and discrimination as a Japanese-American. Published in "Archives of ophthalmology," Vol. 117, September 1999. See this object in the California State …
Report on the present health conditions and medical provisions of the German group at camp Crystal City, Texas (ddr-csujad-55-1396)
doc Report on the present health conditions and medical provisions of the German group at camp Crystal City, Texas (ddr-csujad-55-1396)
Report on health conditions, diseases, and medical provisions for German internees at the Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp. From Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 60. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1398
Letter from S.F. Oliver, (Surg) UEPES, Medical Officer in Charge to Mr. Elwood, Liaison Division, Crystal City, Texas, August 20, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-1395)
doc Letter from S.F. Oliver, (Surg) UEPES, Medical Officer in Charge to Mr. Elwood, Liaison Division, Crystal City, Texas, August 20, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-1395)
Correspondence from S. F. Oliver, Medical Officer in Charge, to Larry Elmwood, Liaison Office, regarding a request for preferential medical treatment for the Schnellbach family. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 60. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1397
First large list of staple drugs, the most money I ever spent in one day which of course means nothing to anyone, except myself (ddr-csujad-55-1379)
doc First large list of staple drugs, the most money I ever spent in one day which of course means nothing to anyone, except myself (ddr-csujad-55-1379)
Order form including list of staple drugs for use at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp. Form includes name of drugs, quantity, unit, price, and amount. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 49. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project …
Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting, December 17, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-501)
doc Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting, December 17, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-501)
Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting. Includes discussion on food and report from the Health and Sanitation Committee. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0503
Hospital area (ddr-csujad-55-2642)
img Hospital area (ddr-csujad-55-2642)
Photograph of hospital area at the Jerome camp, Denson, Arkansas, 1943. Title from caption. See also sac_jaac_2808 for envelope. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_2806
Medical certificate (concerning ability of alien to travel), Form I-142 (ddr-csujad-55-1487)
doc Medical certificate (concerning ability of alien to travel), Form I-142 (ddr-csujad-55-1487)
Blank form used for the purposes of providing a medical certificate for chronically ill internees preparing to be repatriated to their home country from the Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp. Form I-149. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 129. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the …
First class of nurses aides (ddr-csujad-55-1381)
img First class of nurses aides (ddr-csujad-55-1381)
Scrapbook page containing four mounted black and white photographs of groups of female nurses aides in uniform at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp. Two photographs show scrapbook compiler, Mary F. Clark, one sitting at a desk and the other with a group of nurses aides. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, …
Poston's Florence nightingales (ddr-csujad-55-1866)
doc Poston's Florence nightingales (ddr-csujad-55-1866)
Essay describing the author's experience in Nurses Aide training at Poston incarceration camp. Includes black and white photographs of Nurses Aides in training. From the Poston II Reunion Program. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1869
Area on which the hospital was to be constructed, January 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-1377)
img Area on which the hospital was to be constructed, January 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-1377)
Scrapbook page containing a black and white photograph depicting the plot of land slated for the construction of a hospital at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp. Title from caption. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 48. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities …
Some of our nurses aides and the country to which they returned (ddr-csujad-55-1403)
img Some of our nurses aides and the country to which they returned (ddr-csujad-55-1403)
Black and white portrait photographs of four nurses aides listing which country or state they returned to after leaving the Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp. Title from capiton. From Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 64. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American …
Eye chart with the English phonetic at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp (ddr-csujad-55-1409)
doc Eye chart with the English phonetic at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp (ddr-csujad-55-1409)
Hand drawn Japanese eye charts with the English phonetic below, used at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 69. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1411
Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting, December 10, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-498)
doc Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting, December 10, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-498)
Minutes from the Heart Mountain Community Council meeting. Includes discussion on elections and "health problems." See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0500
Letter from Dr. Adolph L. Kappus to the spokesmen of the German and Japanese group, August 27, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-1391)
doc Letter from Dr. Adolph L. Kappus to the spokesmen of the German and Japanese group, August 27, 1943 (ddr-csujad-55-1391)
Correspondence and report by Adolph Kappus to the spokesman of the German and Japanese group regarding health concerns in Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp. Covers current and potential health concerns, environmental factors, and medical equipment shortages. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 60. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See …
Hospital corridors; O.B. room; Dental clinic (ddr-csujad-55-1388)
img Hospital corridors; O.B. room; Dental clinic (ddr-csujad-55-1388)
Scrapbook page containing four black and white photographs depicting the hospital corridors, obstetrics room, and the dental clinic at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp. Title from caption. From Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 57. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization …
Letter from Thomas Parran, Surgeon General, to Nurse Mary F. Clark, U.S. Public Health Service Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky, February 27, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-1334)
doc Letter from Thomas Parran, Surgeon General, to Nurse Mary F. Clark, U.S. Public Health Service Hospital, Lexington, Kentucky, February 27, 1942 (ddr-csujad-55-1334)
Correspondence from Thomas Parran to Mary Clark regarding Clarks travel authorization from Lexington, Kentucky to Fort Missoula, Montana. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947" page 5. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1336
Form to report student illness to parents (ddr-csujad-55-1761)
doc Form to report student illness to parents (ddr-csujad-55-1761)
Blank form for reporting student illness at Poston II school at Poston incarceration camp. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1763
Health (ddr-csujad-55-882)
doc Health (ddr-csujad-55-882)
Petition regarding health care at Heart Mountain incarceration camp. Covers problems and requests related to an increase in the number of doctors, psychiatric facilities and services, and free dental services. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_0884
Baby formula instructions provided at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp (ddr-csujad-55-1401)
doc Baby formula instructions provided at Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp (ddr-csujad-55-1401)
Instructions for baby formula based on age and weight of the baby using either whole milk or evaporated milk, and food lists for infants under one year of age, from the Crystal City Department of Justice Internment Camp. From the Mary F. Clark scrapbook, "Before I Forget, 1942-1947," page 62. See also sac_jaac_1334 through sac_jaac_1529. See …
Before I forget, 1942-1947, cover-foreword (ddr-csujad-55-1332)
doc Before I forget, 1942-1947, cover-foreword (ddr-csujad-55-1332)
Introduction of the "Before I Forget, 1942-1947" scrapbook created by Mary F. Clark, head nurse at Crystal City Internment Camp. See also sac_jaac_1335 through 1379. See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: sac_jaac_1334
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