Papers of Henry Pickering Walcott, 1861-1927 (inclusive).

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Papers of Henry Pickering Walcott, 1861-1927 (inclusive).

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Contains correspondence with colleagues and friends concerning Walcott's involvement in public health, in addition to other professional and personal activities. Also includes manuscripts of three lectures he presented on the international public health movement; essay, 1861; certificates; and clippings.

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Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Massachusetts. Dept. of Public Health

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St 1869, c 420 established the State Board of Health and Vital Statistics, generally known as the State Board of Health. It was abolished by St 1879, c 291, which transferred its functions to the State Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity. St 1886, c 101 renamed that body the State Board of Lunacy and Charity and reestablished the State Board of Health. The board was succeeded in turn by the State Department of Health (St 1914, c 792) amd the Department of Public Health (S...

Walcott, Henry Pickering, 1838-1932

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Walcott, (Harvard, A.B. 1858; Bowdoin, M.D. 1861) was chairman of the Massachusetts State Board of Health from 1886 to 1916 and was president of Massachusetts General Hospital from 1910 to 1928. Following medical school he studied in Vienna and Berlin (1861-1863) and in Paris and London (1865-1866). He practiced in Cambridge, Mass. He had a long association with Harvard University in various administrative positions (Overseer, 1887 to 1890; Fellow, 1890-1927; and acting president, 1900 to 1901)....