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Reminiscences of Martin Marc Cummings : oral history, 1963.

Creator: Cummings, Martin Marc, 1920-2011.
Project: Health Sciences project.
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Phys. Desc. :Transcript 47 leaves.
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Scope and Contents

Tuberculosis control program, Public Health Service; establishment of first bacteriology lab in Center for Disease Control; establishment of central tuberculosis lab for Veterans Administration, reorganization of Veterans Administration research services; National Advisory Health Council activities; teaching and research at University of Oklahoma, National Institutes of Health program analysis; international grant programs; National Institutes of Health grants policy analysis; changes in systems of National Institutes of Health research support; importance of maintenance of scientific freedom and public accountability; strategies for continuing education for scientists and doctors; study of government-university relations.

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