The Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for the Eradicaton of Hookworm Disease in Arkansas, 1910-1914.

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The Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for the Eradicaton of Hookworm Disease in Arkansas, 1910-1914.

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The paper mentions several Arkansans who served on the Commission including Dr. William H. Deaderick, the president of the Arkansas Child Welfare Association, Dr. Morgan Smith who assumed his duty as state director of the Commission on May 10, 1910. In August 1911, Dr. Smith resigned as state director of the hookworm project and was succeeded by Dr. Charles Willis Garrison.

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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Library, UAMS Library

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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Library, UAMS Library

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Smith, Morgan

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Morgan Smith was Dean of the University of Arkansas School of Medicine from 1912 to 1927. Until 1913, the school was maintained solely on funds derived from students' fees. Dr. Smith, with the support of a strong and influential lobby, secured an initial appropriation from the Arkansas General Assembly. Each General Assembly since 1913 has made an appropriation for the medical school. From the description of History of the University of Arkansas School of Medicine / by Morgan Smith. ...

Deaderick, William H. (William Heiskell), 1876-1945

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Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for the Eradication of Hookworm Disease

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The Rockefeller Sanitary Commission was created in 1909 by John D. Rockefeller "to bring about a cooperative movement of the medical profession, public health officials, boards of trade, churches, schools, the press, and other agencies for the cure and prevention of hookworm disease." Offices were opened in Washington, D.C., in January 1910. The Commission undertook to furnish initial impetus and to serve as an information agency for the states. It paid the salaries of field personnel, who were ...

Garrison, Charles Willis.

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Moyers, David.

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Paper was presented at the 1990 meeting of the Arkansas Historical Association, Hot Springs, Arkansas, April 28, 1990. From the description of The Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for the Eradicaton of Hookworm Disease in Arkansas, 1910-1914. (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences). WorldCat record id: 21914843 ...