000004410 001__ 4410 000004410 005__ 20250424232940.0 000004410 0247_ $$2DOI$$a10.6083/M48S4N9N 000004410 037__ $$aDA 000004410 245__ $$aJapanese charcoal 000004410 269__ $$a1945 000004410 336__ $$aStill image 000004410 520__ $$aDigital photograph of a packet of Japanese charcoal from World War II, and a lid (only) from a Japanese medical kit, labelled Marucho Drugbok. The items have been placed on a gray counter. 000004410 520__ $$aca. 1939-1945 000004410 520__ $$aA packet of Japanese charcoal from World War II, donated by Col. Richard S. Fixott, M.D., in January 1946. The printed packet, measuring 16 x 10 x 2 cm, has text in both Japanese and English. The English label for the product: Ashes for Pocket Brazier. Ashes here refers to the use of various plant ashes in the charcoal itself. The large package contains nine smaller rolls of wrapped charcoal sticks. Reportedly, powdered charcoal like this was used to treat malarial diarrhea at Wuhan University in Hankow, China, which the Japanese had converted to a 6,000-bed hospital. The packaged charcoal was meant to be put into a heating device, called a kairo. The Chinese characters on the package are old pre-war forms. Also included with this accession was the lid only from a Japanese medical kit, labelled Marucho Drugbok. The items are in good condition. Thanks to Joseph Cronin for contributing information about this piece. 000004410 520__ $$aMedical Museum Collection, Box 34 000004410 540__ $$fCC BY 000004410 542__ $$fIn Copyright 000004410 650__ $$aEquipment and Supplies$$018566 000004410 650__ $$aMilitary Medicine$$022314 000004410 650__ $$aWorld War II$$035994 000004410 650__ $$ajapan 000004410 7001_ $$aTochigi Work-House 000004410 8564_ $$943867e29-bf49-418a-90ed-fe4a2a97194e$$s69690$$uhttps://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/4410/files/2694cf5b8c0aaa230f205c7f31139f22.jpg$$ePublic$$2dfcfde763d87c793c800c759fcf5607c$$31 000004410 905__ $$a/rest/prod/p5/54/7r/76/p5547r766 000004410 980__ $$aHistorical Collections and Archives