Word: health
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hundreds of horses and cattle had perished during a heavy fog in Belgium's Meuse Valley in 1930; industrial gases had mingled in the fog, had gone through a series of chemical reactions and resolved into droplets of sulphuric acid. Dr. William Rongaus of the Donora Board of Health was certain that his town's tragedy was also the result of industrial fumes collecting in the motionless, humid air. Said he, bitterly: "It's plain murder." The zinc smeltery shut down. At week's end, the cause of the trouble "was still unknown. But rain...
Door-to-door soliciting by Annex community service committee representatives plus a signup booth in Agassiz House turned in 41 volunteers, more than double last year's number. Because of Health Center opposition, no goal was set for Radcliffe...
Additional Harvard and Cambridge donations are needed in the drive, Frederick, M. Fialkow '51, chairman of the blood drive, announced last night. With only three days left before blood starts flowing, PBH is 75 pints shy of its 200-pint goal. Because of the special visit of the health experts, Cambridge residents have been invited to join in the donations...
Harvard's semi-annual blood donations at Phillips Brooks House will serve as a field of study for American Public Health Association members, who will survey proceedings Monday and Tuesday to learn Massachusetts methods, considered by the Association as among the most advanced in the world...
While at Harvard, he has done work in cancer and infantile paralysis. Under his administration, the Medical School has continued its reputation for pre-eminence in the field of public health...