Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: The Changi diary and paintings: the partnership of a doctor and an artist

  • The Changi diary and paintings: the partnership of a doctor and an artist

    Robert Craig Brisbane, Queensland, Australia   Malnutrition, Pellagra (left), Tropical Ulcersa, Avitaminosis (middle), Glossitis, and Solar Dermatosis (right) in Australian prisoners of war.  Three paintings and a diary in a handwritten exercise book are in the collection of the Marks Hirschfeld Medical Museum in Brisbane, Australia. They represent an episode of extraordinary courage, survival, cooperation, and…