Medical records, 1964-1965

PMB 532-536

fonds

Canberra : Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, [19--]

440724

Microfilm : PMB 532-536

microfilm reels 16 mm

The Medical Expedition to Easter Island was sponsored by the World Health Organization and the Canadian Government. Its purpose was to study the relative roles of environment and heredity in the Island's isolated population before an international airport was completed there in 1967. It also carried out pilot studies for the human adaptability section of the International Biological Program. The expedition reached Easter Island on 13 December 1964 and departed on 10 February 1965. For a popular account of the expedition see Helen Evans Reid, A World Away: A Canadian Adventure on Easter Island, Toronto, 1965

Detailed medical records of all Easter Islanders living on the island at the time of the expedition's visit. The records include a photograph of each islander, his/her father's name, mother's name and other vital statistics. A list of the islanders examined, with the serial numbers assigned to them, appears on pp. 183 - 222 of Georges L. Nogrady, ed., Microbiology of Easter Island, vol. 1, Montreal, 1974. The serial numbers on each of the five reels of film are as follows: PMB 532: 00101-04108; PMB 533: 04109-08806; PMB 534: 08807- 13003; PMB 535: 13301-18207; PMB 536: 18208-23101 (Note: the last few records are out of sequence - 22001 to 23101 precede 21202)

PMB (Australian National University. Pacific Manuscripts Bureau) ; 532-536
Available for reference
Microfilm copy of original held by Universite de Montreal, Quebec, Canada