Reminiscences of Leroy E. Burney : oral history, 1963.

Biographical Note

Doctor, surgeon.

Scope and Contents

Public Health Service (PHS) assignment in Venereal Disease Division; establishment of mobile clinic in rural South; malaria testing; development of sensitive serology examinations; changing orientation of Hygienic Laboratory; relationships of research to control and medical schools to health departments; coordination of federal, state and local health efforts; Indiana State Health Department: accomplishments, public relations; responsibilities as Surgeon General; PHS contributions to nationwide public health system; increasing politicization of PHS administration.

Subjects

• Burney, Leroy E. (Leroy Edgar), 1906-1998.
• Government executives--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Medicine.
• Oral histories.
• Phillips, Harlan B., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Physicians--Interviews.
• Public health--Research.
• Public health--United States.
• United States. Public Health Service. Division of Venereal Diseases.

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