Wilbur G. Downs, M.D

Wilbur G. Downs, M.D

Collection:
Tropical Disease Motion Pictures
Alternate Title(s):
Dr. Downs
Series Title(s):
Workers in tropical medicine
Contributor(s):
Aitken, Thomas H. G.
Centers for Disease Control (U.S.)
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Publication:
[Atlanta, Ga.] : CDC, [1981]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Moving image
Subject(s):
Malaria -- history
Tropical Medicine
Downs, Wilbur G., 1913-1991.
Genre(s):
Biography
Abstract:
From the Workers in Tropical Medicine series produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), this interview with Dr. Wilbur Downs sheds light on a scientific career that included research on syphilis, malaria, arboviruses, and other diseases. Over the course of his career, Dr. Downs carried out field training, research, and direction of laboratories in Trinidad; Okinawa, Japan and other sites in the Pacific (in the US Army during WWII); Mexico; Trinidad again; and other locales. He was trained at Cornell University, Cornell Medical College, and Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, and worked virtually his entire career with the Rockefeller Foundation; in his later years that also included the Yale Arbovirus Research Unit. The interview includes mentions, some detailed and some more brief, of numerous co-workers, colleagues, and major influences in his life.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
056 min.
Color:
Black and white and Color
Credits:
Interviewed by Thomas H.G. Aitken.
Technique:
Other
NLM Unique ID:
8700065A (See catalog record)
OCLC no.:
31667450
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/8700065A