Reminiscences of Mark D. Hollis : oral history, 1964.

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Reminiscences of Mark D. Hollis : oral history, 1964.

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Father's career in Public Health Service; fieldwork on parasite behavior patterns in Brill's disease; expansion of Public Health Service typhus fever investigation; establishment of Communicable Disease Center; beginnings of categorical approach to disease control, study of chronic disease; impressions of Thomas Parran, Joseph Mountin, Thompson, Dyer; World War II civil defense work; establishment of Cancer Institute; need for study of environmental contaminants, long term policy planning; increasing specialization of research, narrowing of long term vison; changing emphasis of public health work from service to research; relationship of National Institutes of Health and Bureau of State Services.

Transcript: 72 leaves.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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