Correspondence, 1934-1988.

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Correspondence, 1934-1988.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122632868

This collection is composed chiefly of professional correspondence with 117 individuals, and includes biographical information about scientists in the fields of epidemiology, public health, communicable diseases, and health science policy.

7 linear ft. : ca. 1500 items.

American Philosophical Society Library

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American Philosophical Society Library

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Gajdusek, D. Carleton (Daniel Carleton), 1923-2008

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Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, 1923-, MD, 1946, Harvard Medical School, was awarded the 1976 Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine for his research proving that slow viruses are a major cause of degenerative neurological disorders. Gajdusek served as head of laboratories for virological and neurological research, and later was head of the Laboratory of Central Nervous System Studies at the National Institutes of Health; his research focused on child growth and development in primitive cultures, imm...