"Sick and Dying- Operating Theatre, Tamarkan Hospital Camp, Kanchanaburi, 2 December 1943. Major Fagin (aif) Operating." Four men assisting a surgeon in an operating theatre, using makeshift equipment. All are dressed in shorts and are naked from the waist up. The patient lies naked on a cloth covered table. In the foreground there is a table holding a kidney dish, bowl and various instruments.