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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Pearl Mc Iver (1893 1976)
Pearl McIver (1893-1976) was the first United States Public Health Service consultant on nursing administration and served as chief of public health nursing services at the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. She received...
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Mary Elizabeth Switzer (1900 1971)
Mary Elizabeth Switzer (1900-1971) was Director of the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation in the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and co-winner of the Lasker Award in 1960 with Paul Wilson Brand (1914-2003), a...
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Alice Hamilton (1869 1970)
An expert in occupational health issues, Dr. Alice Hamilton (1869-1970) was Assistant Professor of Industrial Medicine, Harvard Medical School. After graduating from the University of Michigan, Hamilton did additional research in Germany...
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Anna Hall, c.p. Li, Mrs. Auborn Hall, Morris Schaeffer, Mrs. Johnnie Johnson
Scientists at the U.S. Public Health Service's Communicable Disease Center in Montgomery, Alabama, had just discovered that the Brunhilde type of polio virus could be grown in mice. Shown, left to right, are: Mrs. Anna Hall, C.P. Li,...
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Elizabeth Lee Hazen (1888 1975) and Rachel Brown (1898 1980)
In 1950, microbiologist Elizabeth Lee Hazen (1888-1975) and chemist Rachel Brown (1898-1980), Division of Laboratories and Research, New York State Department of Health, Albany, developed an effective antifungal agent (nystatin) for...
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Winifred May De Kok (1893 1969) & Her Children
South African born writer and broadcaster Winifred May de Kok (1893-1969) had attended medical school in England during the 1920s and was in medical practice until 1953, when she became a television broadcaster, engaging in discussions...
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Winifred Phillips Hathaway (1870? 1954)
Winifred Phillips Hathaway (1870-1954), Associate Director, National Society for the Prevention of Blindness, had just received the Leslie Dana Gold Medal at the June 1937 Association for Research in 'phthalmology meeting when this...
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Lillian Josephine Hawes (B. 1905)
Lillian Josephine Hawes (b. 1905) graduated from Stanford University in 1928 and first served as a public health nurse in Los Angeles. This photograph was distributed when she won a National Tuberculosis Association scholarship award in...
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Helen Margaret Wallace (B. 1913)
Helen Margaret Wallace (b. 1913), Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at New York Medical College, was chair of the Medical Advisory Board to the New York chapter of the National Foundation for Muscular Dystrophy and director of...
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Smithsonian Institution Archives: Mary Greig
Mary Greig was an assistant in the department of public health, American Museum of Natural History, New York
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New Georgia Encyclopedia: Progressive Era
A good overview of the reforms that were instituted not only in Georgia, but in the entire country during the Progressive Era. Read a history of the beginnings of progressivism, the people involved, and a recounting of the various...
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New Georgia Encyclopedia: Progressive Era
A good overview of the reforms that were instituted not only in Georgia, but in the entire country during the Progressive Era. Read a history of the beginnings of progressivism, the people involved, and a recounting of the various...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Lectica
Lectica was a kind of couch or litter, in which persons, in a lying position, were carried from one place to another. They were used for carrying the dead as well as the living. The Greek lectica consisted of a bed or mattress, and a...
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