Reminiscences of Martin Marc Cummings : oral history, 1963.

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Reminiscences of Martin Marc Cummings : oral history, 1963.

Tuberculosis control program, Public Health Service; establishment of first bacteriology lab in Center for Disease Control; establishment of central tuberculosis lab for Veterans Administration, reorganization of Veterans Administration research services; National Advisory Health Council activities; teaching and research at University of Oklahoma, National Institutes of Health program analysis; international grant programs; National Institutes of Health grants policy analysis; changes in systems of National Institutes of Health research support; importance of maintenance of scientific freedom and public accountability; strategies for continuing education for scientists and doctors; study of government-university relations.

Transcript: 47 leaves.

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National Institute of Health (U.S.)

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The U.S. Hygienic Laboratory was established in 1887 under the U.S. Marine Hospital Service. It became a part of the U.S. Public Health Service in 1912. In 1930 the facility was renamed the National Institute of Health. From the guide to the Station journal of the Hygienic Laboratory/National Institute of Health, 1922-1937, (History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine) The U.S. Hygienic Laboratory was established in 1887 under the U.S. Marine Hospital Service....

United States. Veterans Administration

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Phillips, Harlan B.

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Cummings, Martin Marc, 1920-2011

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Graduated from Duke University School of Medicine in 1944 and was the director of the National Library of Medicine from 1964 to 1984. From the description of Oral history interview with Martin Marc Cummings, 2005. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 166230630 ...