Cram, Eloise B. (Eloise Blaine), 1896-

Parasitologist Eloise Cram (1896-1957) entered government service as a zoologist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Bureau of Animal Industry (BA), where she became noted as a world authority on the parasite of poultry, and eventually rose to be head, Parasite of Poultry and Game Birds, USDA. When she took a position at the National Institute of Health (NIH), she contributed to the study of pinworm and researched the curbing of the helminthic disease Schistosomiasis.

From the description of Eloise Cram papers, 1853-1991. (National Agricultural Library). WorldCat record id: 549109471