William Parker Herbst [sound recording] : an oral history / interviewed by Theodore Wiprud, Jan. 26, 1961.

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William Parker Herbst [sound recording] : an oral history / interviewed by Theodore Wiprud, Jan. 26, 1961.

Subjects include religion in medicine, what to tell the cancer patient, radical surgery vs. conservative surgery in the treatment of cancer.

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

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SNAC Resource ID: 7813724

National Library of Medicine

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Wiprud, Theodore, 1891-1978

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Theodore Wiprud, the first full-time director of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia, was born of Norwegian parents in 1891. He grew up in Frederic, Wis., and was a successful banker there by the early 1920s. During the Depression, local doctors would ask Wiprud for advice about unpaid bills. As a result, Wiprud became the business manager of a medical clinic in Milwaukee County, Wis. Wiprud spent nine years as executive secretary of the Medical Society of Milwaukee County. He moved ...

Herbst, William Parker, 1893-

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Dr. Herbst is a urologist and former chief, Dept. of Urology, Georgetown University School of Medicine, 1946-50. Mr. Wiprud was executive director and secretary of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia, 1938-62. From the description of William Parker Herbst [sound recording] : an oral history / interviewed by Theodore Wiprud, Jan. 26, 1961. (National Library of Medicine). WorldCat record id: 62430022 ...