BACTERIOLOGICAL LABORATORIES IN INDONESIA

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 8, 2002
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• Publication Date: April 22, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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The Eykman Institute (before the war known as Queen 4ilhelmina Institute)
11 The Eykman Institute, Orange Boulevard No, 69, Batavia-rC, administratively
a division of the Department of Health, forms a part of the Medical Facul-
ty of the University of Indonesia, In this connection it offers both
graduate and under-graduate facilities to students. Post-graduate students
do research in bacteriology, se a ,u l o}T and dietetics, Medical students
preparing for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd professional examinations take their
examinations in the Eykman Institute, In addition, the Fykman Institute
approves the processes used in the Pharmaceutical Factory (Paberik Obat),
Maggarai, Batavia. It is reported that S. Postmus.,U.D., present Director,
took over Fykman Institute from Professor Djumhana kliradikarta and R.
Karmawan by force in 1947. At present, one armed man guards the entrance 25X1A
to the Institute after 2 p.m. and a guard of four men comes on at 6 p?m?
2., Departments and personnel of the Eykman Institute include the fold
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Head, &J, Stoker, t . D,
Administration, P. Fiji A Dutch professional d
Institute of Dietetics
This department conducts research on the nutrition of simple nat'
Vitamin C and B1 are prepared there by biochemical processes dnd
tributed among official institutions designated by the Department
Head, R, Luykon, MAD.
Sub-head, J.V. hlerks, M.D.
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Bacteriological Section
Head, G.D. Westerman, M.D,
Sub-head, A. Narseille
Bacteriologist, Drs. A.,J, Wielenga,
Bacteriologist, A. Smit, M.D.
Serolo ical Section
Acting head, C.D. resterman, M.D.
Blood Transfusion Service
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This department is located in the Rear Chamber compound, Orangje Boulevard
No. 69. It is connected with the Red Cross in Indonesia and has an affilia-
ted body, the Institute of Blood Transfusion and the "Blood Pool" at Kramat
No. 101, which is open day and night and well guarded. Blood sera prepared
at Eykman We transported to the Military Hospital at Hospitaalweg, to the
fields covered by the I, TI, and III Brigades, guard battalions in Tangerang
and some places in Bantam. Blood sera arealso transported by plane to the
B and A Divisions in Middle and East Java, to brigade territory in Palembang,and
Medan, to Borneo and East Indonesia when necessary, The Transfusion Service
produces about 1000 kilograms of sera per month depending on the number of
donations. In West Java, under Dr. Polak, blood sera am transported by
specially, equipped motor vehicles of the } ygienische Dienst.
Acting head, C.D. Westerman, I.D.
Clinic for Internal Medicine
patients suffering from typhus, dysentery, etc. are treated here,
the same wing as the bacteriological laboratory and separated by only in on
room, only one
Former personnel of the F,pkman institute include the following:
Raden Djumhana adiradikarta Farmer Director; home address,
Tjitjurugweg No. 10; an extreme
nationalist; a qualified medical
practitioner; has not obtained
tr ti, but was made professor of
bacteriology on recommendation of
tale Angkata.n Mullah Obat (Armed
.R:edical Youth Corps).
R. Karmawan Acting head of Bacteriological
Laboratory, 18 August 1945-
July 1947; Republic-appointed;
a qualified physician, has not
obtained M,D,; a bio-chemist.
Haden Sudarsono Head, Analytical Chemistry Section.
Dr. R. Abdulrahman Head, Bacteriological Section,
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Dr. Said Danuningrat
Hassan Hasri
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Head, Pure Bacteriology Section;
a young man with little experience;
has not obtained M.D. degree; a
moderate nationalist.
Head, Serological Sectlon0
The Medical Faculty of the Universit&af Indonesia
5. The Medical Faculty of the University of Indonesia is directly connected
with the Bylman Institute through the Departaent of Bacteriology and
Hygiene. Bacteriology is studied during the xst professional examination
preparation, after candidates have passed the second preliminary exanina-
tion, about three and a half years after matriculation.
6 Personnel of the Medical Faculty includes thr following:
President of the University,
Professor A.A. Cense, i.D.
Acting President of the Medi_ Reports to President of University;
cal Faculty, Professor A. a specialist in internal medicine;
Siegenbeek van Huekelom, M. D. has been
professor of internal
medicine since before the war;
conducting research in tropical
medicine.
Rantgenologist, Mdrs. Seigenbeek Bee ffillemse; wife of Acting Fresi-
van Huekelom, M.D. dent of Medical Faculty; rontgeno-
logist attached to surgical depart-
ments of the clinic of the Medical.
College and of St. Carolus hospital,
Sa Lemba No. 41.
Professor of Bacteriology, dame address, Baden Sal-aa,Laan No.
R. Gispen, M.D. 45; recently promoted to Professor
of Bacteriology and Hygiene; subor-
dinate to the Acting President;
obtained M.D. after fulfilling re-
search project in virus diseases;
before the war was chief assistant
to Professor J.E, Dinger, M.D., in
ch;,rge of tzueen Wilhelmina Insti-
tute and chief bacteriologist at
Political tendencies
ur scnown, but speaks favorably of the
United States.
Professor of Opthalaaology, Physician; succeeded Professor C.
A.W. Mulock Houwer D. de Langen, M.D. as President of
the Emergency University, located at
that time in the main building of
the Tjikini hospital,; has not ob-
tained M.D.; considered a good pro-
fessor; uninterested in politics,
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