Reminiscences of Esmond R. Long : oral history, 1963.

Biographical Note

Pathologist; interviewee d.1979.

Scope and Contents

Family 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.

Subjects

• Interviews.
• Long, Esmond R. (Esmond Ray), 1890-1979.
• Medicine--Research.
• National Institute of Health (U.S.)
• Oral histories.
• Pathologists--Interviews.
• Phillips, Harlan B., interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Tuberculosis--Prevention.
• Tuberculosis--Research.
• United States. Public Health Service.
• United States. Veterans Administration.
• World War, 1939-1945--Medical care.

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