Miscellaneous papers, supplementary to the Committee for the Nation's Health Records from the Michael M. Davis Collection, New York Academy of Medicine, [1950-1960].

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Miscellaneous papers, supplementary to the Committee for the Nation's Health Records from the Michael M. Davis Collection, New York Academy of Medicine, [1950-1960].

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Correspondence, notes, news clippings, copies of "Challenge to socialism" / "formerly American Medicine and the Political Scheme", edited and written by Marjorie O'Connell Shearon. Shearon was a public health expert and opponent of nationalized medicine.

5 standard files containers.6.25 linear feet.

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Committee for the Nation's Health

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Incorporated 1946 with Michael M. Davis, Ph.D., as chair of its Executive Committee. Its purpose was to promote national health insurance. With the election of Eisenhower in 1952 began to function as a health information office for organized labor. Abolished in January, 1956. From the description of Committee for the Nation's Health records, 1939-1956 (bulk 1946-1955) [microform]. (National Library of Medicine). WorldCat record id: 181359085 ...

Tarde, Gabriel ˜deœ 1843-1904

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Shearon, Marjorie O'Connell, 1890-1974

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Davis, Michael Marks, 1879-1971

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Michael Davis was one of the major figures in health care policy in the United States. He served as chairman of the Executive Committee of the Committee for the Nation's Health (CNH), incorporated in 1946 and abolished in 1956. Davis received a Ph.D. from Columbia in 1906. In Boston and then in New York, Davis led movements to extend dispensary services to people of moderate means. He later served as director of medical services for the Julius Rosenwald Fund and chaired the foundation-funded Com...