| | 1 | Author: | Gajdusek, D. Carleton, 1923-2008 | | | | | Pediatrician, virologist, medical anthropologist. Senior resident pediatrician, Boston Children's Medical Center, 1949-1952; senior investigator in infectious disease, Pasteur Institute, Iran, 1954-1955; visiting investigator, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research, Australia, 1955-1957; chief, Laboratory of Central Nervous System Studies, National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke, NIH, 1958-. Gajdusek's research includes the study of evolution in isolated populations and disease patterns in primitive cultures | |
| | | Title: | Daniel Carleton Gajdusek Papers
| | | | Type: | Collection | | | | Format: | Manuscripts | | | | Language: | English | | | | Dates: | Circa 1945-2003 | | | | Extent: | 126 linear feet | | | | Abstract: | The Gajdusek Papers include the complete run of his professional correspondence and an important series of journals that record his medical and epidemiological research (especially that on Kuru), pediatric studies, and human and population genetics work in Africa, Australia, Colombia, Guam, Indonesia, Libya, Melanesia, New Guinea, New Hebrides, Pacific Islands, Paraguay, Soviet Union, and the Western Caroline Islands. Restricted access. | | | | Source: | Daniel Carleton Gajdusek Papers (B G13j) | | | | |
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| | | Subjects: | Anthropological and archaeological fieldwork | Physical studies -- Physical anthropology, medical anthropology, anthropometrics, craniology, race, human evolution | |
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