Word: parran
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Program. In 1941 several U.S. agencies, including Dr. Thomas Parran's Public Health Service and Charles P. Taft's Office of Defense, Health and Welfare Services, joined in a program to cut down the rate of venereal disease. Though all early venereal figures are suspect, the rate of infections per 1,000 men in the Army in 1917 was given at 107; in 1861 at 184. Last year it was 37.8, higher than it had been...
Among the speakers at the dedication were U.S. Surgeon General Thomas Parran, venereal disease enemy No. 1, and Chicago's Health Commissioner Herman N. Bundesen, who will head the hospital until a permanent director is chosen. Rear Admiral John Downes, commandant of the Ninth Naval District and Major General Henry S. Aurand, commanding officer of the Sixth Service Command, were on hand to congratulate the city on its "positive stand" on venereal disease-the center is expected to reduce the dangers of infection among service men in the Chicago district...
American Medical Association, Surgeon General Thomas Parran stated bald facts about one of the most ticklish topics in medical circles-the question of licensing refugee doctors...
This shortage of nurses, said Surgeon General Thomas Parran last week, is a "definite menace" to U.S. health. At least 30,000 more nurses, he admitted, are needed right now for the Army, Navy, hospitals, public health work in rural areas. At present, there are 300,000 working nurses in the U.S., about 100,000 retired. Last year 38,000 new nurses enrolled in training schools; this year 50,000 are needed, says the Public Health Service. Reasons for the shortage: 1) Government health funds have greatly expanded State health programs, have provided more nurses' jobs; 2) more people...
Surgeon General Thomas Parran, a devout Catholic, believes that the only solution to the problem is for soldiers to remain continent. He would like to see pretty girls hired for recreation jobs in Army camps, for he thinks that soldiers are starved for companionship...