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Health education by television lecture / Huntington Williams

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 161

Abstract

Mimeograph of a Chadwick public lecture delivered on July 20, 1962 in London. Dr. Williams speaks of the development of television as a disseminator of public health information, with particular emphasis and detail devoted to such programs in Baltimore, Md.

Dates

  • Creation: 1962

Extent

0.21 Linear Feet (1 box)

Creator

Physical Location

Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

Language of Materials

Collection materials primarily in English

Restrictions

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Biographical Note

Dr. G. Huntington Williams, 1892-1992, graduated from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1919. He received a doctorate in Public Health at Johns Hopkins in 1921. In 1931 he became director of the Baltimore City Health Department. From 1933 until 1962 Dr. Williams remained as a commissioner in the Department. During the same period, he taught at the Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health and the University of Maryland... School of Medicine.

Sir Edwin Chadwick, 1800-1890, worked closely with Jeremy Bentham, who was a founder of University College London. In the 1830s he began his life's work as a pioneer investigator of urban living conditions. His is best known for his three-volume work: "Survey into the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Classes in Great Britain," 1842.

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Collection Summary

Mimeograph of a Chadwick public lecture delivered on July 20, 1962 in London. Dr. Williams speaks of the development of television as a disseminator of public health information, with particular emphasis and detail devoted to such programs in Baltimore, Md.
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