James Leake [sound recording] : an oral history / interviewed by Theodore Wiprud May 9, 1966.

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James Leake [sound recording] : an oral history / interviewed by Theodore Wiprud May 9, 1966.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50639326

Primarily biographical interview covers such topics as William Osler, evolution of medical education, specific medical institutions such as Johns Hopkins, Harvard, and Penn, and Leake's career with the National Hygenic Laboratory and PHS. His primary activities as head of industrial hygene involved crafting procedures and implementing policy regarding interstate manufacture and transport of virus's, serums, and vaccines. Many of his procedures became standard practice in the medical world.

1 sound reel (1.5 hours) : 1/2 track, 3 3/4 ips ; 1/4 inch tape.

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