Caption
Hay Ling Chau -- Island of Happy Healing -- is the message of the Chinese characters around the moon gate. These patients are making wooden utensils and furniture for sale in Hong Kong stores.
Release Date
August 20, 1957
Materials
Typescript with illustrations
Photographers
Harrington, RichardCollection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Caption
Canadians who seek adventure in far-away places often discover unusual and interesting occupations but perhaps none of them has found a more rewarding or challenging task than Nurse Irene Moore of Bothwell, Ontario, who is matron of a 500-bed hospital in a leper colony isolated on a tiny island ten miles off shore from Hong Kong. Above, Miss Moore encourages a young patient to write, thus exercising muscles which will speed her recovery.
Date
March 1, 1957
Accession Number
LAC-NFB80119
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176551
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Patients are encouraged to raise vegetables in a garden alongside the hospital. Good food, fresh air, and some light occupation are as important in the treatment of leprosy as any other disease, explains Nurse Moore.
Date
March 1, 1957
Accession Number
LAC-NFB80122
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176552
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Miss Moore brings a patient some Canadian stamps to encourage his hobby. This couple met at the leper colony, were permitted to marry and live together in the "married quarters". Leprosy is not passed on to children.
Date
March 1, 1957
Accession Number
LAC-NFB80123
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176553
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Nurse Moore takes a keen interest in medical advances for the treatment of leprosy. Sulpha drugs have replaced chaulmoogra oil and other drugs are being tested which promise new hope for those afflicted with the disease.
Date
March 1, 1957
Accession Number
LAC-NFB80125
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176554
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Caption
Three lepers perform on their musical instruments for Miss Moore and a fellow patient. The modern hospital, part of which can be seen in the background, is operated by the international and nondenominational Mission to Lepers. Leprosy, which is caused by a bacillus affecting the skin and nerves leading to the skin, is neither a highly infectious nor incurable disease.
Date
March 1, 1957
Accession Number
LAC-NFB80126
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Enumber
e011176555
Collection
National Film Board of Canada
Credit Line
Library and Archives Canada, Mikan no. 205928
Photostory #119: Canadian Nurse: Finds Island of Happy Healing
Photographers
Maker
National Film Board of Canada
Release Date
August 20, 1957
Collection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Main Text
Hay Ling Chau -- Island of Happy Healing -- is the message of the Chinese characters around the moon gate. These patients are making wooden utensils and furniture for sale in Hong Kong stores.
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