Papers of James L. Whittenberger, 1945-1963 (inclusive).

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Papers of James L. Whittenberger, 1945-1963 (inclusive).

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Contains correspondence and related material, mostly concerning Whittenberger's research at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). Research which was conducted for the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis from 1945 to 1962 is documented by correspondence, reports, financial records, and material from congresses and conferences, in addition to reports on poliomyelitis epidemics. Also includes grant files, 1947-1957, for HSPH Department of Physiology contracts with the Army Chemical Center in Maryland, and papers from conferences on respiration. There is some material on Whittenberger's work on HSPH committees and with professional societies. Notebooks, 1958-1963, contain correspondence with contributors and publishers of Artificial Respiration (1962), which Whittenberger edited, and copies of articles included in the volume, along with notes, memoranda, reviews, and illustrations.

6 boxes and 2 v.

Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Whittenberger, James Laverre

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Whittenberger (Chicago, M.D. 1938) was James Stevens Simmons Professor at Harvard School of Public Health and director of the Kresge Center for Environmental Health at Harvard from 1958 to 1983. He has studied the physiology of respiration and effects of air contamination on respiratory diseases. From the description of Papers of James L. Whittenberger, 1945-1963 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 281428092 ...