Bess Furman (Armstrong) Papers - Project materials pertaining to a history of the U.S. Public Health Service 1962-1969
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Williams, Ralph C. (Ralph Chester), 1888-
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Ralph C. Williams, 1888-1984, served in the United States Public Health Service from 1917 to his retirement in 1952. Alabama-born and medically educated at the University of Alabama, Williams worked primarily in epidemiology with the Farm Security Administration until 1935. Afterwards he rose to the rank of chief of the Bureau of Medical Services. In 1951 Dr. Williams published "The United States Public Health Service, 1798-1950." In 1952 he assumed duties as an administrator and research coordi...
Furman, Bess, 1894-1969
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Author and journalist. From the description of Bess Furman papers, 1728-1967 (bulk 1900-1966). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80347788 Biographical Note 1894, Dec. 2 Born, Danbury, Nebr. 1918 Graduated, Nebraska State Teachers College, Kearney, Nebr. ...
United States. Public Health Service
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In April 1955 the Department of HEW licensed 6 companies to distribute a newly-developed polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. The vaccine's effectiveness had been endorsed by NIH and the Surgeon General. Shortly after the vaccine was distributed, however, Cutter laboratory's allotment was found to be tainted and a cause of 72 new cases of polio. Responding to the crisis, the U.S. Public Health Service directed CDC epidemiologist Alexander Lang...
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...
