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...Renominated Thomas Parran of Maryland as U. S. Surgeon General...
Actively interested in various fields of public health for many years, Dr. Nelson was once called by Surgeon-General Thomas Parran of the U. S. Public Health Service "one of the great authorities in the country" on venereal diseases...
...surprise was this substitution of plain bread for the rich cake of the Wagner bill. Last December, when the President first mentioned a hospital-construction plan, he was vigorously supported by the American Medical Association, which had vigorously opposed the Wagner bill. And for many months, Surgeon General Thomas Parran has been conducting a painstaking county-by-county survey of hospital facilities in the 48 States. On his desk last week were blueprints of neat little one-story hospitals, some of wood, others of brick and adobe, each planned to house 100 beds. Estimated cost: $150,000 apiece, including...
According to the bill, each plea for a hospital made by "responsible public authorities" will be thoroughly investigated by the purse-string committee of Dr. Parran and six hand-picked hospital specialists. Most of the money will probably go to Southern villages for general hospitals...
Although the book is lively and practical enough to hold most adults, 63-year-old Dr. Stimson, an ardent bird-lover, occasionally reverts to the goody-talk of pre-Parran days. Sample...