Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Reminiscences of Esmond R. Long : oral history, 1963.Biographical NotePathologist; interviewee d.1979.
Scope and ContentsFamily background, education; tuberculosis research and pathology studies; early days of Hygienic Laboratory; importance of National Tuberculosis Association, other agencies in tuberculosis prevention; history and work of Phipps Institute; concern about social, economic context of tuberculosis; development of tuberculosis research at National Institute of Health; Public Health Service and Veterans Administration roles in study of tuberculosis therapy; Army consultant on tuberculosis control, World War II; postwar development of Veterans Administration hospitals; government vs scientists' administration of research programs; problems of growth of research programs; problems of research: communications, absorption, expense; value of foreign research grants.
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