Drawing by a FEPOW: Bamboo Dental Chair

Bamboo dental chair made at Chungkai Hospital camp Thailand, sketched by Lieutenant F. Ransome-Smith. Faced with a lack of equipment and supplies, the prisoners used their skills to solve problems with whatever they could lay their hands on.

Image : Bamboo dental chair made at Chungkai Hospital camp Thailand, sketched by Lieutenant F. Ransome-Smith, © courtesy C. Ransome and Museum of Military Medicine