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1. The United States and the Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical and Preventive Medicine and the Gorgas Memorial Laboratory

Publication:: Produced: 21 January 1965
Subject(s):: Tropical Medicine
Financial Support
International Cooperation
Laboratories
Archival Collection:: The Fred L. Soper Papers (Profiles in Science)

2. Lederberg's thoughts about Sargent Shriver

Publication:: Produced: undated
Archival Collection:: The Joshua Lederberg Papers (Profiles in Science)

3. Tracy M. Sonneborn - An Appreciation

Publication:: Produced: 1976
Archival Collection:: The Joshua Lederberg Papers (Profiles in Science)

4. The Laboratory of Chemotherapy for Parasitic Diseases

Publication:: Produced: [1988?]
Archival Collection:: The Joshua Lederberg Papers (Profiles in Science)

5. Preface to the 1963 Genetics Citation Index

Publication:: The Institute for Scientific Information, 1963
Archival Collection:: The Joshua Lederberg Papers (Profiles in Science)

6. A Brief Description of the Program in Human Biology

Publication:: Produced: undated
Archival Collection:: The Joshua Lederberg Papers (Profiles in Science)

7. Sumex-AIM Resource: Information for Potential Users

Publication:: Produced: 1980
Archival Collection:: The Joshua Lederberg Papers (Profiles in Science)

8. The Public Health Experiences of Dr. C. Everett Koop

Publication:: Produced: [1981]
Subject(s):: Public Health
International Cooperation
Archival Collection:: The C. Everett Koop Papers (Profiles in Science)

9. Statement of views by Colin Pittendrigh

Publication:: Produced: 3 December 1963
Archival Collection:: The Joshua Lederberg Papers (Profiles in Science)

10. Remarks from J. Lederberg Regarding the Long Range Objectives of the Space Program and the Requirements for Larger Vehicles

Publication:: Produced: 17 March 1961
Archival Collection:: The Joshua Lederberg Papers (Profiles in Science)

11. Should Cousins Marry?

Publication:: Produced: 1977
Archival Collection:: The Joshua Lederberg Papers (Profiles in Science)

12. The Role of Medical Auxiliaries in Rural Health Care

Publication:: Produced: January 1976
Archival Collection:: The Joshua Lederberg Papers (Profiles in Science)

13. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philosophical Statement

Publication:: Produced: [ca. 1971]
Subject(s):: Child Welfare
Child Health Services
Hospital Administration
Pediatrics
Hospitals
Archival Collection:: The C. Everett Koop Papers (Profiles in Science)

14. Autobiographical sketch

Publication:: Produced: [Between October 1933 and March 1934]
Archival Collection:: The C. Everett Koop Papers (Profiles in Science)

15. Typed transcript of "MS of Egerton Yorrick Davis, MD, late U.S. Army of Caughnawauga, P.Q."

Publication:: Produced: [1917]
Archival Collection:: The William Osler Papers (Profiles in Science)

16. MS of Egerton Yorrick Davis, MD, late U.S. Army of Caughnawauga, P.Q.

Publication:: Produced: [ca. 1917]
Archival Collection:: The William Osler Papers (Profiles in Science)

17. Goethe as a Scientist

Publication:: Produced: 1909
Archival Collection:: The Michael Heidelberger Papers (Profiles in Science)

18. My Idea of Why I Failed to Win a Nobel Prize

Publication:: Produced: 23 November 1984
Subject(s):: Awards and Prizes
Archival Collection:: The Michael Heidelberger Papers (Profiles in Science)

19. Who I Am

Publication:: Produced: [October 1930]
Archival Collection:: The Henry Swan Papers (Profiles in Science)

20. Looking Back

Publication:: University of Chicago. Press, [Autumn 1971]
Subject(s):: Research Design
Archival Collection:: The Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Papers (Profiles in Science)

21. Lost in the Twentieth Century

Publication:: Stanford University, Press, 1963
Subject(s):: Politics
Archival Collection:: The Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Papers (Profiles in Science)

22. NIGMS Genetic Centers: Intention, Prerequisites and Guidelines

Publication:: Produced: August 1973
Archival Collection:: The Joshua Lederberg Papers (Profiles in Science)

23. A Cautionary Tale

Publication:: Produced: 14 July 1965
Archival Collection:: The Joshua Lederberg Papers (Profiles in Science)

24. Cancer's Nemesis: Research or Bureaucracy?

Publication:: Produced: 1976
Archival Collection:: The Joshua Lederberg Papers (Profiles in Science)

25. Comment on Shockley's Accusations of 'Lysenkoism' and on his Imputations of Racial Inferiority

Publication:: Produced: August 1969
Archival Collection:: The Joshua Lederberg Papers (Profiles in Science)

26. The Contributions of Hamao Umezawa to Science and Medicine

Publication:: Produced: April 1975
Archival Collection:: The Joshua Lederberg Papers (Profiles in Science)

27. Preservation of Bacterial Cultures on Silica Gel

Publication:: Produced: 1 January 1952
Archival Collection:: The Joshua Lederberg Papers (Profiles in Science)

28. Studies of Human Families for Genetic Linkage

Publication:: Produced: 1974
Archival Collection:: The Joshua Lederberg Papers (Profiles in Science)

29. Signal Transduction: A Twenty Year History of G-Proteins

Publication:: Produced: [ca. 1990]
Subject(s):: Adenylyl Cyclases
GTP-Binding Proteins
History of Medicine
History, 20th Century
Hormones
Archival Collection:: The Martin Rodbell Papers (Profiles in Science)

30. Excerpt from unpublished autobiographical essay of Joshua Lederberg

Publication:: Produced: 1973
Archival Collection:: The Joshua Lederberg Papers (Profiles in Science)

31. Lesson of 9/11. . .Evanescence of Civility

Publication:: Produced: 9 September 2002
Archival Collection:: The Joshua Lederberg Papers (Profiles in Science)

32. Stanley, Wendell Meredith

Publication:: Produced: 1986
Archival Collection:: The Joshua Lederberg Papers (Profiles in Science)

33. The GENET Guest Service on SUMEX

Publication:: Produced: 1 May 1981
Archival Collection:: The Joshua Lederberg Papers (Profiles in Science)

34. The Next Move

Publication:: Produced: 1966
Archival Collection:: The Joshua Lederberg Papers (Profiles in Science)

35. The Scientific Enterprise

Publication:: Produced: 23 September 1974
Archival Collection:: The Joshua Lederberg Papers (Profiles in Science)

36. Draft of an essay by Joshua Lederberg for the second edition of "Medicine: Preserving the Passion"

Publication:: Produced: 16 September 1999
Archival Collection:: The Joshua Lederberg Papers (Profiles in Science)

37. In Support of Research in Deductive Systems

Publication:: Produced: 1975
Archival Collection:: The Joshua Lederberg Papers (Profiles in Science)

38. Biological and Toxin Weapons Control: Background

Publication:: Produced: 1971
Archival Collection:: The Joshua Lederberg Papers (Profiles in Science)

39. Untitled English class paper by Alfred E. Mirsky while attending Harvard

Publication:: Produced: 19 March 1919
Subject(s):: History of Medicine
History, 20th Century
Archival Collection:: The Joshua Lederberg Papers (Profiles in Science)

40. Untitled essay about the Lurias' experiment in sharing domestic duties

Publication:: Produced: [ca. 1970s]
Archival Collection:: The Salvador E. Luria Papers (Profiles in Science)

41. Integrity in Research

Publication:: Produced: [1975]
Subject(s):: Ethics
Archival Collection:: The Salvador E. Luria Papers (Profiles in Science)

42. Intellectual Freedom: A Proposed Statement of Principle

Publication:: Produced: [ca. May 1951]
Subject(s):: Ethics
Archival Collection:: The Salvador E. Luria Papers (Profiles in Science)

43. Oswald T. Avery

Publication:: Produced: [ca. 1947]
Subject(s):: Streptococcus pneumoniae
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Transformation, Bacterial
Archival Collection:: The Oswald T. Avery Collection (Profiles in Science)

44. Orthomolecular Methods In Medicine

Publication:: Produced: 12 May 1967
Subject(s):: Genes
Mutation
Archival Collection:: The Linus Pauling Papers (Profiles in Science)

45. Ascorbic Acid and the Common Cold: Analysis of Controlled Studies Shows with Statistical Significance that this Vitamin has Protective Power

Publication:: Produced: July 1971
Subject(s):: Ascorbic Acid
Common Cold
Archival Collection:: The Linus Pauling Papers (Profiles in Science)

46. Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty: Revolutionaries or Puzzle-Solvers?

Publication:: Produced: December 1985
Subject(s):: Transformation, Genetic
Archival Collection:: The Oswald T. Avery Collection (Profiles in Science)

47. Whatever Happened to Katie Beckett?

Publication:: Produced: [Fall 2002]
Subject(s):: Disabled Children
Archival Collection:: The C. Everett Koop Papers (Profiles in Science)

48. The Family with a Handicapped Newborn Child

Publication:: The American Family Institute, 1982
Subject(s):: Disabled Children
Archival Collection:: The C. Everett Koop Papers (Profiles in Science)

49. It's Up to You!

Publication:: Kiwanis International, March 1983
Subject(s):: Preventive Medicine
Health Promotion
Smoking
Immunization Programs
Archival Collection:: The C. Everett Koop Papers (Profiles in Science)

50. What I would like to Be (Joshua Lederberg's writing at age 7)

Publication:: Produced: 20 June 1932
Subject(s):: Career Choice
Archival Collection:: The Joshua Lederberg Papers (Profiles in Science)