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Chamorro nurses from the Naval Hospital ride on the Red Cross Float during an island fair.
American Red Cross, Guam Chapter
Food and Diet Early PTDC0002 Clean
Ancient CHamoru/Chamorro Food and Diet
The suruhåno (traditional medicine healers) administers åmot (herbal medicine).
Ancient CHamoru/Chamorro Medicine Making
Guam Memorial Hospital
Guam Memorial Hospital
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)
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Guam Pattera: Changing Birth Practices (1950-1960)
Closeup of cut pugua and afok on pupulu, elements of a historically common mamå'on or chewing quid. Guampedia photo and måma'on prepared by James Bamba.
Hale’-ta: Amot Siha
A health awareness parade in Hagåtña.
Health Consequences of Modern Diets on Guam
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Health Services
Porters on Muddy Track, Buna
Health Services During WWII
Aerial View of the Old and Existing Guam Memorial Hospitals. c.
Hospitals
Kava Featured Image
Kava: A Popular Plant of the Pacific
Ypao Leper Colony at Tumon, Guam. Photo courtesy of Dr. Anne Perez Hattori from the Don Farrell collection.
Leprosy - Hospitals and Colonies
Chamorro patients at Culion "Leper Colony", Philippines. Anne Hattori collection.
Leprosy - Insular Patrol
1899 Ruins of old Leper Hospital. Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC) collection
Leprosy - Local Reaction
Figure 4. Average Annual Incidence of ALS and PDC between 1940 and 1999 (Plato et al. 2003:155). Courtesy of Dr. Verena Keck, from her book The Search for the Cause, 2011.
Lytico-Bodig on Guam
Naval Hospital School. MARC collection.
Medical and Dental Practitioners
Palau Nursing Students, 1955. MicSem collection.
Nursing Program, University of Guam
Nursing Class, 1946. MARC collection.
Nursing Schools: 1945-1952
Passion for Pugua Featured Image
Passion for Pugua
School for Nurses
School for Nurses
“The Appearance of Aguana from the…Pass in the Reef, 1802.”
Spanish Response to CHamoru Depopulation
Suicide in Micronesia
Suicide in Micronesia
Passing traditions by David Castro from Guahan Magazine collection.
Suruhånu yan Amot (Healers and Medicine)
The Naval Hospital in the foreground and Susana Hospital in background in Hagatna.
US Naval Hospital 1899-1941
Aerial View of Naval Hospital, Agana Heights. Guam Memorial Hospital collection.
US Naval Hospital, Guam 1962-Present

Biographies

Amanda Guzman Shelton
Amanda Guzman Shelton
Angela Santos Palacios
Angela Santos Palacios
Dr. Olivia Cruz
Dr. Olivia Torres Cruz
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Genaro Saralu
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Guam Pattera Interviews
Josefa Cruz Certeza
Josefa Cruz Certeza
Juan Cepeda
Juan Cepeda
Guampedia Circle Logos
Maria Anderson Roberto
Regina Mafnas and Jesus Salas Terlaje
Regina Mafnas and Jesus Salas Terlaje
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