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Brazil

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

Excerpt from Alan Gregg's Brazil diary

 Digital Record
Identifier: 101584935X236
Dates: [ca. 1-21 September 1919]
Found in: Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections

Excerpt from Alan Gregg's Brazil diary

 Digital Record
Identifier: 101584935X237
Dates: [21 September - ca. 5 October 1919]
Found in: Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections

Excerpt from Alan Gregg's Brazil diary

 Digital Record
Identifier: 101584935X238
Dates: [ca. 19 October - 12 November 1919]
Found in: Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections

Excerpt from Alan Gregg's Brazil diary

 Digital Record
Identifier: 101584935X239
Dates: [ca. 22 November 1919 - 19 January 1920]
Found in: Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections

Excerpt from Alan Gregg's Brazil diary

 Digital Record
Identifier: 101584935X240
Dates: [25 January - 2 February 1920]
Found in: Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections

Excerpt from Alan Gregg's Brazil diary

 Digital Record
Identifier: 101584935X241
Dates: [ca. 16-23 February 1920]
Found in: Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections

Excerpt from Alan Gregg's Brazil diary

 Digital Record
Identifier: 101584935X242
Dates: [25-26 February, 20-21 November 1920]
Found in: Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections

Fred Lowe Soper Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 359
Abstract Dr. Fred Soper joined the International Health Division of the Rockefeller Foundation in 1920 and engaged in the hookworm campaigns in Brazil and Paraguay (1920-1927). From 1927-1942 he was Regional Director of the IHD, at Rio de Janeiro, and was active in the study and control of yellow fever and malaria. Dr. Soper was Director of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau for three terms (1947-1959). The collection contains an extensive file of publications, notes, and other data relating to yellow...
Dates: 1919-1975
Found in: Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections

Mason V. Hargett Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 533
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1932-1986 (bulk 1938-1946)
Found in: Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections

Richard M. Taylor Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 629
Abstract

Taylor was a microbiologist, public health official and Director of the Rockefeller Foundation International Health Division. His specialty was arboviruses. In 1951 at the age of 65 he helped establish a program at the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU-3) in Egypt to study mosquito- and tick-borne viruses and their transmission cycles. Collaborating closely with Telford Work and others, their work helped eradicate yellow fever and identified the West Nile virus.

Dates: 1930-1981
Found in: Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections