Article1 August 1946THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR, BURMA 1945ROBERT KARK, H. F. AITON, E. D. PEASEROBERT KARKSearch for more papers by this author, H. F. AITONSearch for more papers by this author, E. D. PEASESearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-25-2-266 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn May 1945, during environmental and nutritional investigations on Indian soldiers in South East Asia, an opportunity offered itself for the study of 29 Japanese prisoners of war captured near Pegu, Burma, and held in a forward divisional prisoner of war cage.It was thought that such a study would be useful as it might indicate what types of nutritional disturbance one could expect to find in Allied soldiers held captive by the Japanese in South East Asia, and their rehabilitation could be planned accordingly.METHODSEach Japanese prisoner of war was given a medical examination and stigmata of early...Bibliography1. JOHNSON RE: A field nutritional laboratory, War Med., 1945, vii, 222. Google Scholar2. KARK RM: The nutritional status of Indian soldiers, 14th Army. Report No. C6206 to the Associate Com. on Army Medical Research, N.R.C. Canada, 1945. Google Scholar3. JOHNSONSARGENTROBINSONCONSOLAZIO REFPFFC: Assessment of nutritional and metabolic condition in the field. General and clinical aspects, War Med., 1945, vii, 227. Google Scholar4. FIELDPARNALLROBINSON HCWO: Pellagra in average population of Northern States, New England Jr. Med., 1940, ccxxiii, 307. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. KARK RM: Nutritional lesions of the eye in Indian soldiers. To be published. Google Scholar6. KARKMCCREARY RMJF: The Prince Albert winter field ration trials, 1944, Edmond Cloutier, Ottawa, Canada. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication November 9, 1945.From the Research and Development Division, Director General of Medical Services, National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa.†Officer Commanding Canadian Research Team, Allied Land Forces, South East Asia. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byDecreased Mortality of falciparum Malaria in Anemic Prisoners of War?Allgemeine Pathologie des exogenen quantitativen NahrungsmangelsA CLINICAL STUDY OF MALNUTRITION IN JAPANESE PRISONERS OF WAR*MAURICE A. SCHNITKER, M.D., F.A.C.P., PAUL E. MATTMAN, M.D., THEODORE L. BLISS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Vitamin Supplementation in Health and Disease 1 August 1946Volume 25, Issue 2Page: 266-269KeywordsMedical servicesNutrition ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1946 PDF downloadLoading ...