American-Soviet Medical Society Records 1942-1987 (bulk 1943-1948)

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American-Soviet Medical Society Records 1942-1987 (bulk 1943-1948)

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The society's major objective was to keep American physicians informed of Soviet medical advances, believing that these advances had not been adequately publicized in the United States. The American-Soviet Medical Society papers consist of the files generated by Robert Leslie as the Society's business manager and an incomplete copy of the FBI's file on Leslie and the society.

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History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

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American-Soviet Medical Society.

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The Society was founded in New York City in 1943 to keep American physicians informed of Soviet medical advances and to improve relations between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; published the American-Soviet Medical Review; disbanded in 1949. From the description of American-Soviet Medical Society records, 1942-1987 (bulk 1943-1948). (National Library of Medicine). WorldCat record id: 50124790 The society was founded in New York City in 1943. I...

United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation

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The FBI established this classification when it assumed responsibility for ascertaining the protection capabilities and weaknesses of defense plants. Each plant survey was a separate case file, with the survey, supplemental surveys, and all communications dealing with a plant insofar as plant protection was concerned, filed together. On June 1, 1941, and January 5, 1942, the Navy and Army, respectively, assumed responsibility for surveying defense plants in which they had interests. Thereafter, ...

Greenberg, Sarah K. (Sarah Koslow), 1884-1972

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Sigerist, Henry E. (Henry Ernest), 1891-1957

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Henry E. Sigerist was born in Paris, France in 1891. He studied in Europe, served in the Swiss Army Corps, and received his M.D. from the University of Zurich in 1917. He was lecturer and professor of history of medicine at Zurich (1921-1924) and the University of Leipzig (1925-1932). He then served as professor and director of the Institute of the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University (1932-1947), before becoming a research associate at Yale University (1947-1957). Sigerist published ...

Mudd, Stuart, 1893-

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Medical researcher, educator and author; faculty, School of Medicine, U. of Pennsylvania, (1925-1959); chairman, Department of Bacteriology, (1931-1951); chairman, Department of Microbiology, (1951-1959); had a significant role in developing the freeze-drying process of preserving blood plasma. From the description of Articles, 1939-1960. (University of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122543515 ...

Leslie, Robert L., 1885-1987

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