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Social Welfare

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

George M. Kober Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 315
Abstract Dr. George M. Kober was acting Assistant Surgeon in the U. S. Army from 1874-86, and in 1890 became Professor of Hygiene at the Georgetown Medical School. An active member of civic and professional organizations, Kober was particularly interested in local health reform. He was Dean of the Georgetown Medical School from 1901-28. Correspondence includes family, general, and business files as well as anniversary volumes of letters. Collection contains material on a variety of medical and public...
Dates: 1866-1938

Pauperism and Health: a collection of anonymous essays

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 67
Abstract

Contains a nurse's account of work and conditions in a workhouse. Includes an essay on political economics. Printed matter includes the First report of the Lunacy Law Reform Association, London, 1874.

Dates: 1874-1876