Private Papers of Lieutenant Colonel M E Barrett

Copy of his typescript 'Blood transfusions by amateurs: An account of experiences in a Japanese POW camp' (20pp), written in September 1945 during his repatriation from the Far East to the UK, describing in some detail the medical work carried out by himself and fellow prisoners of war in various Japanese camps in Thailand, principally Chungkai and later at Tamuang and Nakom Paton, consisting of transfusions of blood from reasonably healthy POWs to those in a poorer condition, primarily in order to counteract the effects of vitamin and protein deficiencies and facilitate the healing of ulcers etc, using improvised equipment, describing the blood-type matching and transfusion process in considerable detail, including also some useful observations on medical conditions and facilities in the camps more generally.

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