Correspondence of Wyndham D. Miles 1962-1988

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Correspondence of Wyndham D. Miles 1962-1988

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UNPROCESSED COLLECTION. Materials relating to Miles' history of the NIH. Includes correspondence between Dr. Miles and Harold J. Abrahams, and a 1988 draft obituary of Abrahams.

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History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

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National Institutes of Health (U.S.)

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Brief biographies of selected NIH Directors: Rolla E. Dyer directed the National Institutes of Health from 1942 to 1950. Specializing in infectious diseases, Dyer joined the Public Health Service in 1916. As NIH Director he was instrumental in the establishment of the Clinical Center, the National Heart Institute, the National Institute of Dental Research, and the National Institute of Mental Health. An international authority on nutrition and dietary deficiency disease, William H. Sebrell began...

Abrahams, Harold J.

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Miles, Wyndham D., 1916-

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Wyndham Miles was educated at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy but his antiquarian leanings led to his interest in the study of the history of chemistry and his passion for collecting significant historical texts. He was employed as a science historian at both the Army Chemical Corps and the National Archives. He is an author, editor, past president of the A.C.S. Division of the History of Chemistry and the winner of its Dexter Award in 1971. From the description of Williams - Mi...