Papers, 1891-1919.

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Papers, 1891-1919.

Album entitled: "Romorantin, 1914-1917," containing postcards and photos on the treatment of French wounded in World War I at Romorantin in Loir et Cher (France) and printed letter (1915) to Arthur H. Gerhard (Philadelphia) from Clemens Peter Pirquet von Cesanatico (Vienna) presenting the Austro-Hungarian view of the war; copies of publications; and recommendation, cover-letter, and other papers, relating to possible studies of "industrial preparedness, as co-ordinated with military preparedness in France and Switzerland" (1916).

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Gerhard, Arthur H.

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University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus)

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Newell, Frederick Haynes, 1862-1932

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Consulting engineer and public official. From the description of Frederick Haynes Newell papers, 1885-1931. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980182 Civil engineer; head, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus). From the description of Papers, 1891-1919. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28420476 Biographical Note ...

Pirquet von Cesanatico, Clemens Peter, Freiherr, 1874-1929

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Clemens Peter Freiherr von Pirquet was the progeny of a Lower Austrian noble family, the term Freiherr corresponding to English baron. He was creator of a classical diagnostic test for tuberculosis in which tuberculin is applied to a superficial abrasion of the skin of the arm. As a newly fledged physician he became an assistant under Theodor Escherich at the Children's clinic in Vienna. He achieved such fame that he was invited to America to become professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins U...