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Description
Dr. Cunningham describes setting up his dental clinic at Sham Shui Po Camp with equipment brought from North Point POW camp. He indicates that dental health was good due to the lack of sugar in their diet.
Transcription
WE HAD GOT OUR DENTAL EQUIPMENT, BROUGHT IT OVER FROM NORTH POINT. WE OPERATED THE DENTAL CLINIC RIGHT UP UNTIL VJ DAY. THERE WAS QUITE A STOCK OF DENTAL SUPPLIES IN THIS MILITARY HOSPITAL, AND WE WOULD TELL OUR BOYS WHEN THEY WERE CONVALESCING FROM THE HOSPITAL AND RETURN TO CAMP TO FILL THEIR POCKETS WITH SOME DENTAL SUPPLIES - BURRS AND FILLING MATERIAL AND THIS SORT OF THING AND WE NEVER RAN OUT OF LOCAL ANESTHETIC; THE REASON BEING THAT THERE WAS A GOOD STOCK OF NOVOCAINE, HYDROCHLORIDE POWDER IN THE POWDER FORM WHICH HAD A GOOD SHELF LIFE AND OUR PHARMACISTS MAKE UP A 2% SOLUTION AND WE NEVER RAN OUT OF LOCAL ANESTHETIC. OUR NEEDLES BECAME PRETTY DULL AND I REMEMBER WE HAD SOME FINE SAND PAPER AND WE SHARPENED THEM A BIT BUT THEY BECAME RATHER DULL ALRIGHT. BUT, ACTUALLY THERE WASN'T A GREAT DEAL OF DENTAL DETERIORATION YOU MIGHT SAY BECAUSE THERE WAS HARDLY ANY SUGAR AT ALL AND AS YOU LIKELY KNOW SUGAR IS ONE OF THE EVILS OF THE DENTITION.