Martin Allen Pond papers, 1935-1982 (inclusive).

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Martin Allen Pond papers, 1935-1982 (inclusive).

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The papers consist of correspondence, reports, typescripts, manuscripts, and printed material of M. Allen Pond, documenting his professional work in the field of public health. This collection forms part of the Contemporary Medical Care and Health Policy Collection.

11 linear ft.

Yale University Library

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Yale University Library

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University of Pittsburgh

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Pond, Martin Allen, 1912-

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Martin Allen Pond (1912-) graduated from Yale University (B.S. in Engineering, 1935; M.P.H., 1936) and was instructor in Public Health (1936-1941), assistant professor (1941-1942, 1946-1948), lecturer (1948), and sanitary inspector for the Department of University Health (1946-1948). He served in the U.S. Public Health Service as director of the health and sanitation program in war housing built by the Federal Public Housing Authority (1942-1946); assistant chief sanitary engineering officer; ch...

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...