Oral history interview with Harry Agress, 1982. 1982.

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Oral history interview with Harry Agress, 1982. 1982.

Agress discusses his medical studies at Washington University School of Medicine (St. Louis, Mo.) and the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minn.); his service in World War II with the U.S. Army, 21st General Hospital, in Algeria, Italy, and France; and his civilian practice in St. Louis as a physician and pathologist. He speaks about some of his professors and colleagues, including Evarts A. Graham, Ernest Sachs, and Lee D. Cady, and some of his experiences at the Jewish Hospital of St. Louis.

Transcript : 49 leaves.Sound recording : 1 sound cassette (ca. 93 min.) : analog.Sound recording : 1 sound tape reel (ca. 93 min.) : analog.

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Agress, Harry, 1908-1986,

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Physician and pathologist, St. Louis, Mo., 1908-1986. Agress was a 1932 graduate of the Washington University School of Medicine. From the description of Oral history interview with Harry Agress, 1982. 1982. (Washington University in St. Louis). WorldCat record id: 59009156 ...

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Sachs, Ernest, 1879-....

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