Papers, 1909-1943.

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Papers, 1909-1943.

This collection includes correspondence, diaries, lab notes, and photographs. Documented are Webster's pioneering efforts in epidemiology and his interests in encephalitis, poliomyelitis, rabies, and resistance to infectious diseases.

ca. 2000 items (4 linear ft.).

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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...

Webster, Leslie Tillotson, 1894-1943.

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Leslie Tillotson Webster was an epidemiologist and worked at the Rockefeller Institute from 1920 to 1943. From the description of Papers, 1909-1943. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122616143 From the guide to the Leslie Tillotson Webster papers, 1909-1943, 1909-1943, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Kodama, Masatō 1925-

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Kasahara, Shouro

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Zinsser, Hans, 1878-1940

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Zinsser (Columbia, M.D. 1903) was Charles Wilder Professor of Bacteriology and Immunology at Harvard Medical School from 1935 to 1940, chief of bacteriological services at Children's and Infants' Hospital, and consultant in bacteriology at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Mass. His research included the development of a vaccine for typhus, work on the etiology of rheumatic fever, host response to syphilis, nature of the antigen-antibody reaction, the measurement of virus size, and studies ...

International Grenfell Association

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Canadian organization is "The Grenfell Labrador Medical Mission." The New England Grenfell Association (Boston) handles U.S. correspondence. The association aids philanthropic work among the deep sea fishermen of Labrador. From the description of Records of the International Grenfell Association, 1908-1931 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152002 ...

Osborn, Frederick, 1889-1981

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Historical/biographical note. From the description of Frederick H. Osborn Papers, 1941-1963. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 177674693 Government official, businessman, and sociologist; d. 1981. From the description of Papers, 1947-1954. (Harry S Truman Library). WorldCat record id: 70959636 Frederick Henry Osborn was an administrator, humanist, scientist. From the description of Papers, [ca. 1903]-1980. (American Philosop...

International Conference of Social Work.

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McCoy, Charles C.

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White, Emily deForest Webster.

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Smith, Theobald, 1859-1934

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Theobald Smith (1859-1934) was Professor of Applied Zoology, and later Professor of Comparative Pathology at Harvard University from 1895 to 1914. Smith was a pathologist and parasitologist who first proved that insect hosts spread certain diseases to humans. His research also differentiated between bovine and human tubercle bacilli, and showed that vitamin difficiencies can lead to diseases in humans. Smith's research studies contributed to the control of diptheria, malaria, and yellow fever. ...

Rockefeller Institute.

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In 1892, the physician and medical administrator Simon Flexner began research on cerebrospinal meningitis, a meningococcal disease with an untreated mortality rate between 70 and 90%. Experimenting on monkeys, Flexner developed a promising serum treatment for the disease by 1903, which he used extensively during the epidemic outbreaks of meningitis in New York City in 1904-1905 and 1907. For several years, Flexner kept his serum under his close supervision, with the result that the Rockefeller I...

Planned Parenthood Association.

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Paul, John R. (John Rodman), 1893-1971

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John Rodman Paul was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 18, 1893. He earned his bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1915 and his M.D. degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1919. He came to the Yale School of Medicine in 1928 as assistant professor. Paul studied infectious diseases and was particularly known for his work on poliomyelitis, as well as for the epidemiology of mononucleosis and hepatitis. He also developed the concept of clinical epidemiology. Paul died on May ...

Takaki, Itsuma.

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Muckenfuss, Ralph S.

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Topley, W.W.C. (William Whiteman Carlton), 1886-1944

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