Papers, 1953-1971.

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Papers, 1953-1971.

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MC 891, the Alexander D. Langmuir Papers, 1953-1971, chronicles Langmuir's activities as chief epidemiologist for the United States Public Health Service Epidemiology Branch through memoranda, writings, and reprints.

3 cubic ft. in 3 record cartons.

Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Harvard University, Medical School, Countway Library

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Langmuir, Alexander D.

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Langmuir earned his Harvard AB in 1931. From the description of Herein are contained some odd and interesting facts concerning the Boston editions of the Tribune Primer : a little book of nonsense by Eugene Field / compiled by Alexander D. Langmuir. [1931] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 77075939 Alexander Duncan Langmuir, 1910-1993, AB, 1931, Harvard College; MD, 1935, Cornell University; MPH, 1940, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, was Professor o...

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...

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)

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