Welcome to the Public Health, Demography & American Medicine Symposium: Lister Hill Center Auditorium, 22 May 1996

Welcome to the Public Health, Demography & American Medicine Symposium: Lister Hill Center Auditorium, 22 May 1996

Collection:
Tropical Disease Motion Pictures
Alternate Title(s):
Public Health, Demography, and American Medicine Symposium 1996
Author(s):
Public Health, Demography & American Medicine Symposium (1996 : National Library of Medicine)
Contributor(s):
Curtin, Philip D.
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publication:
[Bethesda, Md. : National Library of Medicine], 1996
Language(s):
English
Format:
Moving image
Subject(s):
Public Health -- history
Disease Outbreaks
Motion Pictures -- history
Pellagra -- history
Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- history
Yellow Fever Vaccine -- history
Yellow Fever -- history
Africa, Western
United States
Genre(s):
Congress
Abstract:
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 Health Service Historian and former chief of the History of Medicine Division, looks at "Syphilis at the Cinema: The U.S. Public Health Service VD Films of the 1930s and 40s." The films he describes are Know for Sure, A Venereal Disease Rapid Treatment Center, and To the People of the United States. All of the speakers took questions.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
211 min.
Color:
Black and white and Color
Technique:
Other
NLM Unique ID:
101492565 (See catalog record)
OCLC no.:
310074617
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101492565