John Barlow Youmans Papers 1919-1971

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John Barlow Youmans Papers 1919-1971

http://oculus.nlm.nih.gov/youmans

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, typescripts of articles and talks, reports and diaries, reprints, photos, diplomas and certificates. Includes family and general correspondence files.

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History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

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National Research Council (U.S.)

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The National Research Council was organized by the National Academy of Sciences in 1916 to associate the broad community of science and technology with the Academy's purposes of further knowledge and advising the federal government. The Council has become the principal operating agency of both the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. From the descriptio...

Youmans, John Barlow, 1893-1968

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John B. Youmans (1893-1968) was born in Mukwonago, WI. He earned his bachelors and masters degrees from the University of Wisconsin, and received his M.D. degree from the John Hopkins Medical School in 1919. From the beginning of his medical career, Dr. Youmans was interested in human nutrition. He joined the Vanderbilt University staff in 1927 and remained there until he was commissioned in the Army Medical Service in 1944. Colonel Youmans was Chief of the Nutrition Division of the Preventive M...