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"Misbah the Grocer Brings the Spy Parran to his House", Folio from a Hamzanama (The Adventures of Hamza)

"Misbah the Grocer Brings the Spy Parran to his House", Folio from a H...

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"Misbah the Grocer Brings the Spy Parran to his House", Folio from a Hamzanama (The Adventures of Hamza)

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Praises work of TVA in combating disease. Washington, D.C., Nov. 15. Surgeon General Thomas Parran was the first witness today as the Joint Congressional Committee Investigating the Tennessee Valley Authority resumed it's public hearing at the Capitol. While praising the TVA for the work it has done in combating disease, Dr. Parran termed the south 'the nation's no. 1 health problem.' He said the south had the 'fewest physicians' per capita, the fewest hospitals, and the highest death rate

Praises work of TVA in combating disease. Washington, D.C., Nov. 15. S...

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U.S. Surgeon General opens Military Medical and Pharmacy Convention. Washington, D.C., May 8. U.S. Surgeon General Thomas J. Parran as he opened the convention meeting of the Congress of Military Medicine and Pharmacy today. Parran was presiding officer

U.S. Surgeon General opens Military Medical and Pharmacy Convention. W...

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South nation's No. 1 health problem Surgeon General tells congressional committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 15. In this huddle discussing health problems facing the TVA are Senator Vic Donahey, democrat, Chairman of the Joint Congressional Committee Investigating the Tennessee Valley Authority, and Surgeon General Thomas Parran, right, who was the first witness as the Committee resumed public hearings today. While terming the south the national's No. 1 health problem, Dr. Parran praised the TVA for the work it has done in combating disease

South nation's No. 1 health problem Surgeon General tells congressiona...

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Surgeon General says 500 new U.S. hospitals needed. Washington, D.C., June 2. Dr. Thomas Parran, Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, told a Senate Education and Labor Subcommittee today that at least 500 of the 3,000 counties in the U.S. need new hospitals. Although Chairman Murray said there is little chance of the Wagner Bill's passing this year, Parran defended the hospital building program which is a part of that bill

Surgeon General says 500 new U.S. hospitals needed. Washington, D.C., ...

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Surgeon General of U.S. Washington, D.C., May 11. A new informal photograph of Thomas Parran, Surgeon General, Bureau of the Public Health Service, Treasury Department

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U.S. opens war on social diseases. Washington, D.C., Dec. 28. The first nation-wide effort to combat venereal diseases was launched in Washington today when 300 delegates from 32 states attended the opening session of a three-day conference call by the United States Public Health Service. In the photograph, left to right: Edward S. Godfrey, Jr., State Commissioner of Health of New York state; Dr. Thomas Parran, U.S. Surgeon General; Miss Josephine Roche, Acting Secretary of the Treasury; John H. Stokes; University of Pennsylvania Medical School; and Dr. J.E. Moore, of John Hopkins Hospital

U.S. opens war on social diseases. Washington, D.C., Dec. 28. The firs...

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Military surgeons convene in international convention. Washington, D.C., May 8. Representatives from 32 nations met today in convention at the 10th annual convention of the International Congress of Military Medicine and Pharmacy. Here are, left to right, Capt. Luis J. Iglesias, of Cuba, Major T.W. Wartiovaara of Finland, U.S. Surgeon General Thomas J. Parran who opened the Congress, and General Charles R. Reynolds of the United States

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U.S. SURGEON GENERAL AWARDED WILLIAM FREEMAN SNOW MEDAL, WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. SURGEON GENERAL THOMAS PARRAN WAS TODAY PRESENTED THE WILLIAM FREE SNOW MEDAL 'FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO HUMANITY' AT THE 26TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAN SOCIAL HYGIENE ASSOCIATION. THE PRESENTATION WAS MADE BY DR. LIVINGSTON FARRAND, RIGHT, PRESIDENT EMERITUS OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY. MRS. ROOSEVELT, CENTER, DELIVERED AN ADDRESS AT THE CONFERENCE

U.S. SURGEON GENERAL AWARDED WILLIAM FREEMAN SNOW MEDAL, WASHINGTON, D...

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Dr. Parran, Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service. Dr. Parran observing in lab I

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Dr. Parran, Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service. Dr. Parran with lab rat II

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Dr. Parran, Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service. Dr. Parran with lab rat II

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Dr. Parran, Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service. Dr. Parran observing in lab II

Dr. Parran, Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service. Dr. Parran ob...

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Dr. Parran, Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service. Dr. Parran examining equipment in lab I

Dr. Parran, Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service. Dr. Parran ex...

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Dr. Parran, Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service. Dr. Parran at lab table

Dr. Parran, Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service. Dr. Parran at...

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Dr. Parran, Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service. Dr. Parran with lab rat I

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Dr. Parran, Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service. Dr. Parran examining equipment in lab II

Dr. Parran, Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service. Dr. Parran ex...

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Dr. Parran, Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service. Dr. Parran with lab rat I

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Dr. Parran, Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service. Dr. Parran at lab table

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Dr. Parran, Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service. Dr. Parran observing in lab I

Dr. Parran, Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service. Dr. Parran ob...

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

Dr. Parran, Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service. Dr. Parran examining equipment in lab I

Dr. Parran, Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service. Dr. Parran ex...

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Dr. Parran, Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service. Dr. Parran observing in lab II

Dr. Parran, Surgeon General, U.S. Public Health Service. Dr. Parran ob...

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Involuntary unemployment dangerous to public health. U.S. Surgeon General. Washington, D.C., March 16. Appearing before the Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee today, U.S. Surgeon General Thomas Parran declared that involuntary unemployment "breeds pathological political philosophies, subversive to our present democratic institutions". Speaking as a doctor and not as an economist, Dr. Parran urged that employment be provided for all who are willing and able to work. Idle hands are dangerous to public health, Dr. Parran indicated in his statement, 31638

Involuntary unemployment dangerous to public health. U.S. Surgeon Gene...

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Involuntary unemployment dangerous to public health. U.S. Surgeon General. Washington, D.C., March 16. Appearing before the Senate Unemployment and Relief Committee today, U.S. Surgeon General Thomas Parran declared that involuntary unemployment "breeds pathological political philosophies, subversive to our present democratic institutions". Speaking as a doctor and not as an economist, Dr. Parran urged that employment be provided for all who are willing and able to work. Idle hands are dangerous to public health, Dr. Parran indicated in his statement, 3/16/38

Involuntary unemployment dangerous to public health. U.S. Surgeon Gene...

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PRESIDENT ENROLLED AS 'FOUNDER' IN FOUNDATION FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS. WASHINGTON, D.C. JANUARY 17. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TODAY PURCHASING FROM U.S. SURGEON GENERAL THOMAS PARRAN A CERTIFICATE ENROLLING HIM AS A 'FOUNDER' OF THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS. THE NEW FOUNDATION, A PERMANENT ORGANIZATION, WILL THROUGH THE SUPPORT OF CITIZENS IN EVERY TOWN AND CITY WAGE THE FIGHT AGAINST THE DISEASE ON A NATIONWIDE SCALE. IN THE PHOTOGRAPH, L TO R: DR. THOMAS PARRAN; KIETH MO[...], NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE PRESIDENT'S BIRTHDAY; DR. THOMAS W. GOSLING, NATIONAL DIRECTOR, AMERICAN JUNIOR RED CROSS; MISS KATHERINE [i.e. Katharine] LENROOT, CHIEF OF THE CHILDREN'S BUREAU, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR; AND D.C. COMMISSIONER GEORGE ALLEN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CAMPAIGN

PRESIDENT ENROLLED AS 'FOUNDER' IN FOUNDATION FOR INFANTILE PARALYSIS....

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Left to right, Rep. Clarence F. Lea, D. Calif.; Rep. Thomas Bulwinkle, D. N.C.; Dr. Thomas Parran, Chief of the U.S.P.N.S.

Left to right, Rep. Clarence F. Lea, D. Calif.; Rep. Thomas Bulwinkle,...

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In spotlight at conference on U.S. Health Plan Washington, D.C., Oct. 31. 'First Steps' in the evolution of a proposed 850-million-dollar national health program were worked in a conference here today between members of the American Medical Association and Federal Officials. Pictured, left to right, are. Arthur J. Altmeyer, Chairman of the Social Security Board - Miss Josephine Rochel, Chairman of the President Interdepartmental Committee to coordinate Health and Welfare Activities, and U.S. Surgeon General Thomas Parran, 10/31/38

In spotlight at conference on U.S. Health Plan Washington, D.C., Oct. ...

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Surgeon General breaks ground for cancer institute. Bethesda, MD. Jan. 11. Surgeon General Thomas Parran, of the U.S. Public Health Service photographed while breaking ground for the erection of three new buildings to be erected for the National Institute of Health, research unit for the U.S. Public Health Service. The proposed building for the National Cancer Institute, also to be a unit of the National Institute of Health, will be erected nearby on the same grant of land, 1/11/38

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Dr. Thomas Parran & Mrs. Roosevelt

Dr. Thomas Parran & Mrs. Roosevelt

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U.S. Surgeon General opens Military Medical and Pharmacy Convention. Washington, D.C., May 8. U.S. Surgeon General Thomas J. Parran as he opened the convention meeting of the Congress of Military Medicine and Pharmacy today. Parran was presiding officer

U.S. Surgeon General opens Military Medical and Pharmacy Convention. W...

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DR. THOMAS PARRAN, TEDDY PARRAN, THOMAS PARRAN, SR., AND MRS. ROOSEVELT

DR. THOMAS PARRAN, TEDDY PARRAN, THOMAS PARRAN, SR., AND MRS. ROOSEVEL...

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Ernest Orlando Lawrence, Surgeon General Thomas Parran, and Carmelia Opsomer, 60-inch cyclotron, August 26, 1939. Cooksey 47 [Photographer: Donald Cooksey]

Ernest Orlando Lawrence, Surgeon General Thomas Parran, and Carmelia O...

Photographs Documenting Scientists, Special Events, and Nuclear Research Facilities, Instruments, and Projects at the Berkeley Lab

"Misbah the Grocer Brings the Spy Parran to his House", Folio from a Hamzanama (The Adventures of Hamza)

"Misbah the Grocer Brings the Spy Parran to his House", Folio from a H...

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"Misbah the Grocer Brings the Spy Parran to his House", Folio from a Hamzanama (The Adventures of Hamza)

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"Misbah the Grocer Brings the Spy Parran to his House", Folio from a Hamzanama (The Adventures of Hamza)

"Misbah the Grocer Brings the Spy Parran to his House", Folio from a H...

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"Misbah the Grocer Brings the Spy Parran to his House", Folio from a Hamzanama (The Adventures of Hamza)

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"Misbah the Grocer Brings the Spy Parran to his House", Folio from a Hamzanama (The Adventures of Hamza)

"Misbah the Grocer Brings the Spy Parran to his House", Folio from a H...

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"Misbah the Grocer Brings the Spy Parran to his House", Folio from a Hamzanama (The Adventures of Hamza)

"Misbah the Grocer Brings the Spy Parran to his House", Folio from a H...

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