Papers of Hans Zinsser, 1901-1940 (inclusive).

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Papers of Hans Zinsser, 1901-1940 (inclusive).

Contains correspondence with Cornelius Packard Rhoads about Zinsser's cancer treatment; Zinsser's letters and reports on activities of the Division of Laboratories and Infectious Diseases; notes on patients, 1919, while serving in the U.S. Army; manuscripts of short stories and poems; commencement address; his student pathology notes and drawings; and newspaper clipping.

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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 ...

United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces

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Historical Note American Expeditionary Force The American Expeditionary Force (AEF) was the U.S. military force in Europe during World War I. Although a division commanded by General John J. Pershing was sent to France in June 1917, most of the AEF was manned as a result of passage of the Selective Service Act (40 Stat. 76) by the U.S. Congress on 18 May 1917, creating the Selective Service System. The Act gave the president the p...

Rhoads, Cornelius P. (Cornelius Packard), 1898-1959

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