bubonic plague, 25 73 74 75
Bureau of Chemistry, 109
Bureau of Health Care Delivery and Assistance, 140
Bureau of Radiological Health, 114
Bush, George, 98
Cadet Nurse Corps, 137
California, 74
Camp E. A. Perry, FL, 16
cancer, 115 see also sarcoma.
Carter, Henry R., 27 64 65
Carville, LA, 139
Carville Leprosarium, 139
Castle Island, MA, 3
cell differentiation, 126
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, 90 91 117
Center for Devices and Radiological Health, 114 115
Center for Environmental Health, 43
Center for Veterinary Medicine, 118
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 39 41 42 43 66 93 94 168 169
Chang Kan Tai, 166
chemical toxicants, 119
chemical wastes, 43
chemicals in food and cosmetics, 113
chemistry, 109
chest X-ray, 37 158
Chicago, IL, 103
chicken pox, 156
children:
disinfection, 13 15 17 18 23 51
dispensaries, Public Health Service, 9
Division of Biologics Control, 55
Division of Foreign Quarantine, 165
Division of Mental Hygiene, 121
Division of Nurse Education, 137
Division of Pathology and Bacteriology, 54
Division of Venereal Diseases, 67
Doull, James A., 167
drugs:
fallout from atomic bomb tests, 114
"Fatoff" obesity cream, 111
Fauci, Anthony, 98
Federal Bureau of Prisons, 142
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938, 103
fellowship training program, 167
fleas, 74
fluoroscopy, 85 115
food:
Gallo, Robert C., 97
garment making industry, 29
Geiger counters, 114
genetic blood diseases, 86
genetics, 58 82 83 86 129
George H. Lanier Memorial Hospital, 141
Gillis W. Lang Hansen's Disease Center, 139
Godding, W. W., 122
Goidherger, Joseph, 58 59 60
gonorrhea, 34 Good Housekeeping (magazine), 107
immunization, 147 169 170
immunology, 91 Index Medicus (publication), 100 102
Indian Health Service, 135 148 149
Indians. see Native Americans.,
infants:
napalm burns, 143
Naples, Italy, 157,158, 162 163 164
narcotic farms, 130
narcotics. see under drugs.,
narcotics law, 106
National Cancer Institute, 97
National Center for Health Statistics, 39
National Center for Toxilogical Research, 119
National Eye Institute, 95
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 39 40
National Health Service Corps, 135 144
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 83 84 85 86
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), 43
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), 88
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), 126
National Institute of Dental Research (NIDR), 96
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), 85 87
National Institute of Mental Health, 121 129
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 129
National Institute on Drug Abuse, 134
National Institutes of Health, 46 47 50 53 58 60 82 98 99
see also Hygienic Laboratory.
National Library of Medicine, 99 100 101 102 150
national maritime quarantine system, 14
Native Americans, 32 135 148
Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C. 49
neonatal tetanus mortality, 170
nervous diseases, 123
neurology, 122 123 131
New Orleans, LA, 9 18 25 75
New York, NY, 14 15 20 21 151 to 156
niacin, 59
Niagara Falls, NY, 43
NIH. see National Institutes of Health.
Nirenberg, Marshall W., 83
Nobel prizes, 58 83
nonprescription drugs, 111 112 120
Norfolk County, VA, 6
nurses:
Woodworth, John M., 12
workplace sanitation, 29
Works Project Administration, 30
World Health Organization, 66 150
World War I (1914-1918), 27 145
World War II (1939-1945), 34 35 67 137
Wyman, Walter, 14
Wyngaarden, James B., 98