Reminiscences of Benjamin Earle Washburn, 1971.

Biographical Note

Physician, health officer

Scope and Contents

Early life, education, University of North Carolina, University of Virginia; internship, private practice; Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for the Eradication of Hookworm Disease; International Health Board of the Rockefeller Foundation, 1915-39; Health Editor, PROGRESSIVE FARMER, 1940-53; District Health Officer, North Carolina, 1941-50

Subjects

• Health officers--Interviews.
• Hookworm disease.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Physicians--Interviews.
• Public health--Research.
• Public health--United States.
• Rockefeller Foundation.
• Washburn, Benjamin Earle, 1885-1979--Interviews.