Reminiscences of William Henry Sebrell, Jr. : oral history, 1962.

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Reminiscences of William Henry Sebrell, Jr. : oral history, 1962.

Background in medicine; United States Public Health Service, 1925-55; quarantine stations; National Institutes of Health; nutritional research; administrative personnel and policies; Institute of Nutrition Sciences, Columbia University, from 1957.

Transcript: 56 leaves.

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