Janeway, Charles

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Charles Alderson Janeway (1909-1981) (Johns Hopkins, M.D. 1934) was Thomas Morgan Rotch Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and physician-in-chief at Children's Hospital from 1946 to 1974. During this time Children's Hospital was the largest academic pediatric service in the U.S., and Janeway was instrumental in developing its present tertiary care system. He was active in international pediatric education, consulting, and helping to establish medical schools in Iran, India, and the Cameroons. His research interests included study of sulfonamides, blood proteins, mechanisms of allergy, use of gamma globulin antibodies in treatment of measles and prevention of hepatitis, and a range of immunodeficiency diseases.

From the description of Papers of Charles A. Janeway, 1940-1963 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 281433267

Charles Alderson Janeway (1909-1981) (Johns Hopkins, M.D. 1934) was Thomas Morgan Rotch Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, 1946-1974, and physician-in-chief at the Children's Hospital, Boston, 1946-1974. His research focused on the therapeutic use of gamma globulin; Janeway was a pioneer in immunology and immune deficiency diseases.

From the description of Papers of Charles Alderson Janeway, 1948-1976 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 281429988

Charles Alderson Janeway (1909-1981) (Johns Hopkins, M.D. 1934) was Thomas Morgan Rotch Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, 1946-1974, and physician-in-chief at the Children's Hospital, Boston, 1946-1974. His research focused on the therapeutic use of gamma globulin; Janeway was a pioneer in the modern science of immunology and immune deficiency diseases.

From the description of Papers of Charles Alderson Janeway, 1948-1976 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 281429998

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referencedIn Haurowitz, Felix, 1896-1987. Mss., 1920-1985 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
creatorOf Janeway, Charles A. Papers of Charles A. Janeway, 1940-1963 (inclusive). Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
referencedIn Lovejoy, Frederick H. Charles A. Janeway papers, 1941-2006. Children's Hospital Boston Archives
referencedIn Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, ca. 1852-ca. 2004 Harvard University Archives.
creatorOf Family Planning Oral History Project. Records, 1909-1984 (inclusive), 1973-1977 (bulk). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Taussig, Helen B. (Helen Brooke), 1898-1986. Helen B. Taussig : transcript of interview / interviewed by Charles A. Janeway, Sept. 15, 1976. National Library of Medicine
referencedIn Harvard Medical School Departments Photographs, ca. 1913-1992. Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
referencedIn Harvard Medical School Departments Photographs, ca. 1913-1992. Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
creatorOf Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America. Schlesinger-Rockefeller oral history project : oral history transcripts / [interviews conducted by Jeannette Bailey Cheek, Charles A. Janeway, and James W. Reed], 1975-1976. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, ca. 1852-ca. 2004 Harvard University Archives.
creatorOf Janeway, Charles A. Papers of Charles Alderson Janeway, 1948-1976 (bulk). Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
creatorOf Janeway, Charles A. Papers of Charles Alderson Janeway, 1948-1976 (bulk). Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library
creatorOf Taussig, Helen B. (Helen Brooke), 1898-1986. Reminiscences of Helen Brooke Taussig : oral history, 1975. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
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World War, 1939-1945
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Birth 1943

Death 2003-04-12

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