Oral history interview with Crawford F. Sams, 1979. 1979

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Sams, Crawford F. Oral history interview with Crawford F. Sams, 1979.

Oral history interview with Crawford F. Sams, 1979. 1979

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/65287372

Sams discusses his decision to pursue a medical degree at the Washington University School of Medicine, his interest in neurosurgery, and the influence of faculty member Ernest Sachs. He describes his research on heat syndrome while assigned to the Panama Canal Department and talks extensively about his work during the Second World War in the Middle East, Europe, and the Far East in preparing medical services for casualties. At the end of the Second World War Sams was made Chief of the Public Health and Welfare Section of the General Headquarters, Supreme Command Allied Powers and was responsible for the establishment of all activities pertaining to the health and welfare of the Japanese. Sams relates his contributions in the rebuilding Japan, including studying the effects of radiation after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, establishing mass immunization programs, improving medical care and education, and nutrition initiatives during this period. He also describes similar work he performed in Korea before, during and after the Korean War. Sams then discusses his research on low-level radiation at the Operations Research Center at the University of California-Berkeley, as well as the early efforts in the application of computer systems to biological research.

Transcript : 50 leaves.Sound recording : 2 sound cassettes (ca. 112 min.) : analog.Sound recording : 1 sound tape reel (ca. 112 min.) : analog.

Washington University in St. Louis, Bernard Becker Medical Library