Papers, [ca. 1941-1963].

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Papers, [ca. 1941-1963].

This collection contains correspondence, laboratory notes, speeches, photographs, and documents primarily the Rockefeller Institute, the development of a polio vaccine, and River's Navy experience in the Pacific during World War II.

ca. 10,000 items (11 linear ft.).

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Chesney, Alan M. (Alan Mason), 1888-1964

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Thomas Milton Rivers conducted medical research in bacteriology. He discovered the bacillus Parainfluenzae and cultivated vaccine virus for human use. Most of his research was conducted at the Hospital of the Rockefeller Institute, where he was director from 1937-1955. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1941-1963]. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122440206 After a desultory education in Jonesboro, Georgia, Thomas M. Rivers discove...

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