Venereal disease as a military problem 1941-1946
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Simmons, James Stevens, 1890-1954
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Brig. Gen. James Stevens Simmons (1900-1954) served as the first Dean of the Harvard School of Public Health from 1946 to 1954, when the institution becam an independent part of Harvard University. During World War II, he was Chief of Preventative Medicine for the U.S. Army. In 1949, he edited and published Public Health in the World Today. From the description of Personal and Professional Records, 1942-1949. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 231054705 ...
United States. Dept. of the Army. Office of the Surgeon General. Preventive Medicine Service
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In anticipation of possible involvement in the European war, the Surgeon General of the Army created the Preventive Medicine Service in 1939. By World War II's end, the Service was divided into divisions for medical intelligence, epidemiology, venereal disease control, tropical disease control, laboratories, sanitation and hygiene, sanitary engineering, nutrition, occupational health, and civil public health. From the guide to the Venereal disease as a military problem, 1941-1946, (H...
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...
