TY  - GEN
N2  - Digital 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.
N2  - ca. 1939-1945
N2  - A 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.
N2  - Medical Museum Collection, Box 34
DO  - 10.6083/M48S4N9N
DO  - DOI
AB  - Digital 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.
AB  - ca. 1939-1945
AB  - A 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.
AB  - Medical Museum Collection, Box 34
T1  - Japanese charcoal
DA  - 1945
AU  - Tochigi Work-House
L1  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/4410/files/2694cf5b8c0aaa230f205c7f31139f22.jpg
PY  - 1945
ID  - 4410
L4  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/4410/files/2694cf5b8c0aaa230f205c7f31139f22.jpg
KW  - Equipment and Supplies
KW  - Military Medicine
KW  - World War II
KW  - japan
TI  - Japanese charcoal
Y1  - 1945
L2  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/4410/files/2694cf5b8c0aaa230f205c7f31139f22.jpg
LK  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/4410/files/2694cf5b8c0aaa230f205c7f31139f22.jpg
UR  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/4410/files/2694cf5b8c0aaa230f205c7f31139f22.jpg
ER  -