The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
KILO 89 CAMP, PALESTINE. 1942-12. GUINEA PIGS BRED BY MEDICAL OFFICERS AT NO. 8 AUSTRALIAN SPECIAL HOSPITAL WHERE THEY ARE CONSTANTLY NEEDED FOR BLOOD TESTS OF VENEREAL CASES BUT ARE DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN BECAUSE, ACCORDING TO TRADITION, THEY WILL NOT BREED IN PALESTINE. TWENTY PIGS WERE IMPORTED FROM CAIRO AND, AFTER MANY ATTEMPTS AND FAILURES, A STRAIN WAS BRED. MAJOR C.B. COX, AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS, PATHOLOGIST AT THE HOSPITAL AND BREEDER, IS SEEN WITH SOME OF HIS FLOCK.
KILO 89 CAMP, PALESTINE. 1942-12. GUINEA PIGS BRED BY MEDICAL OFFICERS AT NO. 8 AUSTRALIAN SPECIAL HOSPITAL WHERE THEY ARE CONSTANTLY NEEDED FOR BLOOD TESTS OF VENEREAL CASES BUT ARE DIFFICULT TO OBTA
KILO 89 CAMP, PALESTINE. 1942-12. GUINEA PIGS BRED BY MEDICAL OFFICERS AT NO. 8 AUSTRALIAN SPECIAL HOSPITAL WHERE THEY ARE CONSTANTLY NEEDED FOR BLOOD TESTS OF VENEREAL CASES BUT ARE DIFFICULT TO OBTA
KILO 89 CAMP, PALESTINE. 1942-12. GUINEA PIGS BRED BY MEDICAL OFFICERS AT NO. 8 AUSTRALIAN SPECIAL HOSPITAL WHERE THEY ARE CONSTANTLY NEEDED FOR BLOOD TESTS OF VENEREAL CASES BUT ARE DIFFICULT TO OBTA
