| 1 | Creator: | Amoss, Harold Lindsay, 1886-1956 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Harold Lindsay Amoss Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1918-1922 | | | | Abstract: | A pathologist and researcher at the Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research, 1914-1922, Harold Linday Amoss (1886-1956) specialized in research on infectious diseases ranging from poliomyelitis to meningitis, erysipelas, brucellosis, and encephalitis.
The Amoss Papers are comprised primarily of materials relating to Harold Amoss' medical service in the United States Army during the First World War (1918-1919), to his research at the Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research, 1920-1922, and to his efforts to develop vaccines for meningitis and poliomyelitis. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Am6 | | | | Extent: | 2.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Amoss, Harold Lindsay, 1886-1956 | Bayne-Jones, Stanhope, 1888-1970 | Beckwith, H. K. | Chesney, Alan M., (Alan Mason), 1888-1964 | Cole, Rufus Ivory, 1872-1966 | Corner, George Washington, 1889-1981 | Flexner, Simon, 1863-1946 | Fosdick, Harry Emerson, 1878-1969 | Heiser, Victor, (Victor George) | Hitchens, Arthur Parker, 1877-1949 | Hume, Edward H. (Edward Hicks), 1876-1957 | Immunology | Kunz, George Frederick, 1856-1932 | Lane, William Arbuthnot, Sir, 1856-1943 | Lederle Laboratory | Lovett, Robert W., (Robert Williamson), 1859-1924 | McCrae, Thomas, 1870-1935 | Medicine--Research | Meningitis--Research | Murphy, James Bumgardner, 1884-1950 | Noguchi, Hideyo, 1876-1928 | Olitsky, Peter Kosciusko, 1886-1964 | Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919 | Osten, Anna L. von der | Pathology | Piersol, George Morris, 1880-1966 | Poliomyelitis--Research | Robbins, Frederick C., 1916- | Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. | Rockefeller, John D., (John Davison), 1874-1960 | Rous, Peyton, 1879-1970 | Smith, Theobald, 1859-1934 | United States. Army--Medical care | West, Byron L. (Byron Lillibridge), 1893- | Woglom, William Henry, 1879-1953 | World War, 1914-1918--Medical care | Zinsser, Hans, 1878-1940 | |
| 2 | Creator: | Rivers, Thomas M.(Thomas Milton),1888-1962. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Thomas M. Rivers Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1887-1963 | | | | Abstract: | The bacteriologist and virologist Thomas Milton Rivers spent over thirty years at the Rockefeller Institute as a researcher in the Department of Bacteriology and from 1937-1955, as Director. Working on measles and pneumonia, Rivers discovered the parainfluenzae bacillus and cultivated vaccine virus for human use, and during the 1950s, he played an important role in coordinating research on poliomyelitis as head of the National Institute for Infantile Paralysis. During the Second World War, Rivers led the Naval Medical Research Unit in the South Pacific, rising to the rank of Rear Admiral.
The Rivers Papers contains correspondence, laboratory notes, speeches, and photographs documenting Rivers' activities at the Rockefeller Institute, the development of polio vaccine, and Rivers' Navy experience in the Pacific during World War II. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.R52 | | | | Extent: | 10.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Medical Association. | Atomic bomb--Japan--Nagasaki-shi | Bayne-Jones, Stanhope, 1888-1970 | Berry, George Packer, 1898- | Bronk, Detlev W., (Detlev Wulf), 1897-1975 | Cannon, Walter B., (Walter Bradford), 1871-1945 | Chesney, Alan M., (Alan Mason), 1888-1964 | Chinard, Francis P., 1918- | Cohn, Alfred E., (Alfred Einstein), 1879-1957 | Cole, Rufus Ivory, 1872-1966 | Corner, George Washington, 1889-1981 | Dubos, René J. (René Jules), 1901- | Flexner, Simon, 1863-1946 | Gasser, Herbert Spencer, 1888-1963 | Hershey, A. D., (Alfred Day), 1908- | Jackson, Robert H. | Laboratory notes | Loeb, Jacques, 1859-1924 | Long, Esmond R., (Esmond Ray), 1890- | Medical administration | Medical sciences | Medicine, Military | National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. | O'Connor, Basil, 1892-1972 | Photographs | Poliomyelitis--Research | Poliomyelitis--Vaccination | Rivers, Thomas M.(Thomas Milton),1888-1962. | Rockefeller Institute. Hospital | Rous, Peyton, 1879-1970 | Sabin, Albert B., (Albert Bruce), 1906- | Speeches. | United States. Navy. Naval Medical Research Unit II | Virology | Welch, William Henry, 1850-1934 | World War, 1914-1918 | World War, 1939-1945 | |
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