Welcome to the Public Health, Demography & American Medicine Symposium Lister Hill Center Auditorium, 22 May 1996
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| Description | This is a symposium in honor of Dr. James Cassedy, historian, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, for his contributions to the library, the division, and to the history of medicine. Dr. Philip Teigen, deputy chief, History of Medicine Division, served as moderator. A series of five lectures were presented. Each lecture is about 35 minutes long. Dr. Philip Curtin, The Johns Hopkins University, presents a lecture titled "Yellow Fever as a Public Health Problem in 19th Century West Africa." Alan Kraut, American University, speaks on "When the Truth was not Enough: Joseph Goldberger and the Pursuit of Public Health." Carolyn Hanaway, researcher at the Office of the NIH Historian, discusses "The Approach to Epidemics: the Scientists' Perspective, Past and Present." Victoria Harden, NIH Historian, reports on "Yellow Fever, the End of the Story?: Mason V. Hargett & the Development of an Aqueous-Based Vaccine During World War II." Finally, John Parascandola, U.S. Public |
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| Author | Public Health, Demography & American Medicine Symposium (1996 : National Library of Medicine), Curtin, Philip D., National Library of Medicine (U.S.) |
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Attribution: Public Health, Demography & American Medicine Symposium (1996 : National Library of Medicine), Curtin, Philip D., National Library of Medicine (U.S.)