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Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:
James Payton Leake Papers
Contains correspondence, reprints, studies, talks and reports, and clippings documenting Dr. Leake's career in epidemiology.
John Gordon Freymann correspondence relating to service in Palestine and Israel
Contains personal and official correspondence, from May 4, 1948 to January 25, 1949, relating to Freymann's duties for the Public Health Service in Palestine and Israel during the creation of the state of Israel. Includes discussion of the birth of the Palestinian refugee problem.
Joseph S. Murtaugh Papers
Assistant executive director of the Public Health Service's Bureau of Medical Services, Murtaugh's files document meetings, research of public health issues, legislative activities, and program initiatives.
Joseph W. Mountin Reprints
An incomplete set of the collected reprints of Joseph W. Mountin relating to his work with the Public Health Service on regional public health.
Karl and Silvio von Ruck Papers
Pertains to investigation by U.S. Public Health Service of Karl and Silvio H. von Ruck's method of immunization against tuberculosis. Includes letters of John F. Anderson and Arthur M. Stimson (1913-1914), memoranda, articles, and printed matter.
Lawrence Kolb Papers
Dr. Lawrence Kolb was a pioneer in the medical approach to narcotics addiction treatment and in public health research and treatment of mental illness. He was one of the first to advocate treating drug addicts as patients, not criminals. The collection deals chiefly with the subjects of drug addiction, alcoholism, juvenile delinquency, and mental health.
Luther L. Terry Correspondence
Carbon copies of typed letters sent by both Dr. Terry and Mrs. Terry from February 19 to October 1, 1965.
Mason V. Hargett Papers
Mason V. Hargett contributed significantly to the field of tropical medicine with his work on the yellow fever vaccine, first with the Rockefeller Foundation in Brazil and then at the USPHS Rocky Mountain Laboratory in Montana. Hargett's research facilitated the introduction of a yellow fever vaccine produced without human serum.
Methods used in controlling the 1905 yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans
Joseph Hill White's two-page explanation of the methods he employed to eradicate a breakout of yellow fever in New Orleans in 1905.
PHS Executive Task Force on AIDS meeting minutes
UNPROCESSED COLLECTION. Minutes of the task force Jan. 12, 1987 - July 25, 1988 and membership/subgroup roster.
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