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Leprosy

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

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

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