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Leprosy

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Ad hoc work group on Hansen's Disease records

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS C 615
Scope and content

Planning materials, final reports and recommendations related to an internal study of the government's role in the treatment and research of Hansen's Disease and the ongoing mission of the National Hansen's Disease Center facility at Carville, La. and its role in the Public Health Service.

Dates: 1981
Found in: Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections

Clippings on public health in Hawaii

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 476
Abstract

Contains clippings, apparently once part of a scrapbook, for 1910-1911 and 1915-1916, with one item from 1918.

Dates: 1910-1918
Found in: Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections

Edgar B. Johnwick Daybooks

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 374
Abstract

Consists of daybooks kept by Dr. Johnwick as a record of daily happenings at the U. S. Public Health Service Hospital (The National Leprosarium), Carville, Louisiana.

Dates: 1956-1965
Found in: Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections

Leprosy-Armadillo controversy involving plagiarism and discrimination / by H.P. Burchfield, Ph.D.

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: MS C 519
Scope and content

Contains narrative report given to NIH and the U.S. Congress contending that Dr. Eleanor Storrs research and discovery of leprosy in armadillos was co-opted and stolen by a fellow scientist in 1971. Includes supporting documents, correspondence, and news clippings (copies).

Dates: August 20, 1993
Found in: Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections

National Hansen's Disease Center Ephemera Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS C 617
Scope and content

An artificial collection of printed ephemeral material created by the Center and several reprints and printed material created by others. Materials created by the Center include hospital/patient brochures and guidebooks, hadnouts about Hansen's disease termionology, a brief history of the complex, and an aerial view of the complex postcard. The reprints by others are primarily journal articles about Hansen's disease, therapies, and treatments.

Dates: 1980-1982
Found in: Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections

Public Health Service Hospitals Historical Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 471
Abstract The origins of the Public Health Service hospital system date to the passage in 1798 of the law creating the Marine Hospital Fund to care for merchant seamen. Contained herein are materials on the history of the Public Health Service hospitals and their administration. Included are the history files for each hospital maintained by the Division of Hospital's Information Office as well as documents relating to the conversion or closure of each hospital; program files, reports, and planning...
Dates: 1895-1982
Found in: Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections

Triumph at Carville documentary archives

 Collection
Identifier: HMD MS ACC 2011-006
Abstract

UNPROCESSED COLLECTION. Betacam SP, Dvcam, Digibeta, BP 30M tapes; MPEG2, CD-ROM, archival records. Raw footage and stills used for documentary film Triumph at Carville. Consists primarily of full interviews of patients and staff and associated environmental/contextual imagery. Also includes records associated with editing final production such as shot lists and interview transcripts. Footage includes original masters and dubs. 985.361 GB

Dates: 2004-2005
Found in: Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collections