Susan W. Rockwood Collection of Edward Francis Material 1901-1979

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Susan W. Rockwood Collection of Edward Francis Material 1901-1979

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This collection consists of material collected by Dr. Susan Rockwood of Miami University of Ohio, who was working on a biography of Francis at the time of her death in 1983. Materials relating to Edward Francis include correspondence, newspaper clippings, manuscripts, research notes, awards, photographs and lantern slides.

6 boxes, 1 oversize folder

UMBC, Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery

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SNAC Resource ID: 7603576

UMBC, Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery

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United States. Marine Hospital Service

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Rockwood, Susan W.

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Francis, Edward, 1872-1957.

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Edward Francis (1872-1957) graduated from Ohio State with a B.Sc. in 1894, and from the University of Cincinnati with an M.D. in 1897. After an internship at Cincinnati General Hospital, he was commissioned Assistant Surgeon in the U.S. Marine Hospital Service (now the U.S. Public Health Service.) He became Surgeon in 1912, and Medical Director in 1930, retiring from that position in 1937. Francis traveled widely through the U.S. for the Public Health Service, performing duties in immigration, q...

United States. Public Health and Marine Hospital Service

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United States. Public Health Service

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In April 1955 the Department of HEW licensed 6 companies to distribute a newly-developed polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. The vaccine's effectiveness had been endorsed by NIH and the Surgeon General. Shortly after the vaccine was distributed, however, Cutter laboratory's allotment was found to be tainted and a cause of 72 new cases of polio. Responding to the crisis, the U.S. Public Health Service directed CDC epidemiologist Alexander Lang...