Details of a new book about to be published have been sent to us by Meg Parkes. I attach a poster for further information. Meg has asked us to advertise this event as she is hoping that members of the League may have been nurses on Tropics and nursed some of these men. If you do have that experience she would very much like to talk to you -please contact me through the website and I will forward your details. you can send a private email on the ‘contact us ‘ tab.
Captive Memories: Far East POWs
& Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine by Meg Parkes and Geoff Gill
Conditions for Far East Prisoners of War were truly hellish. Appalling diseases were rife. It was these ongoing physical after effects of captivity that brought a group of men into contact with Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. Beginning in 1946 and lasting right up to the present day, LSTM’s involvement with the health (and latterly the history) of these veterans, represents the longest collaborative partnership ever undertaken by the School. Out of this unique and enduring relationship came knowledge which has improved the diagnosis and treatment of some tropical infections, together with a greater understanding of the long-term psychological effects of Far East captivity.