US Naval Era Health and Medicine Entries

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Chamorro Pattera, 1902. They were dirty old women who were similar to Charles Dicken's Sarah Gamp meaning fat old midwife, portrayed as drunk, cruel, and ignorant.
Guam Pattera (Nurse Midwives)
Aerial View of the Old and Existing Guam Memorial Hospitals. c.
Hospitals
Ypao Leper Colony at Tumon, Guam. Photo courtesy of Dr. Anne Perez Hattori from the Don Farrell collection.
Leprosy - Hospitals and Colonies
Insular Patrol Inspection. Don Farrell collection.
Leprosy - Insular Patrol
Chamorro patients at Culion "Leper Colony," Philippines. From Antonio Unpingco courtesy of Dr. Anne Hattori.
Leprosy - Local Reaction
School for Nurses
School for Nurses
The Naval Hospital in the foreground and Susana Hospital in background in Hagatna.
US Naval Hospital 1899-1941

Biographies

Young Ramon Manalisay Sablan
Dr. Ramon Manalisay Sablan
Joaquina Babauta Herrera, or Kina', has been a pattera since 1938. She took classes and worked in the Hagåtña hospital.
Guam Pattera Interviews
Guampedia Circle Logos
Maria Anderson Roberto
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