Special investigation of Infantile Paralysis, 1916.

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Special investigation of Infantile Paralysis, 1916.

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These are the official data collected by the Health Department workers (some 30 nurses) who canvassed all neighborhoods in New York City in the summer of 1916, as a part of the epidemiological investigation to determine which children were actually stricken with polio, the possible conditions contributing to the disease, and whether a quarantine on the family was in force or necessary.

ca. 24 linear ft. ; ca. 9000 index cards.

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New York (N.Y.). Dept. of Health.

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Flexner, Simon, 1863-1946

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Simon Flexner was a physician, administrator, professor of pathology at the University of Pennsylvania, director of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1901-1935). From the description of Papers, 1891-1946. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122535412 Rufus Ivory Cole served as the the director and physician-in-charge (1909-1937) of the Hospital of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, the first hospital in the United States d...