Reminiscences of Mortimer A. Rosenfeld, 1984

Biographical Note

Physician

Scope and Contents

Childhood in Brooklyn; Columbia University, B.A. 1932; Columbia Medical School, 1936 specializing in obstetrics and gynecology; joined the staff of the Institute of Inter-American Affairs and sent to Brazil, 1942; first impressions of the country; recollections of his mentor, Dr. Kenneth Waddell; institutional organization; medical training; impressions of Marcolino Gomes Candau; description of local diet; general observations of Brazilian political figures; pro-fascist sentiment present during World War II; malaria, leprosy, and other diseases; religious beliefs of the Brazilians; program objectives; recreation; general reflections on Brazilian experience

Subjects

• Brazil--History--1930-1945.
• Brazil--Social conditions.
• Institute of Inter-American Affairs (U.S.)
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Physicians--Interviews.
• Rosenfeld, Mortimer A.--Interviews.
• Williams, James D., interviewer.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1985