Harvard School of Public Health - Yearbook (Cambridge, MA)

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Department of Industrial Hygiene The offices, shops, and laboratories of the Industrial Hygiene Depart- ment are located in the basement of 55 Shattuck Street, and the Air Cleaning Laboratory in Roxbury. Headed by Professor Philip Drinker, the staff has pro¬ duced much fundamental work in analysis and control of working environ¬ ments, and in prevention of industrial diseases and accidents. Professor Yaglou, Dr. Silverman, Dr. McFarland and others conducted classes in ventilation and air-conditioning, industrial air analysis, industrial hygiene engineering and medicine, and human adjustment in industry. In the lectures, field trips and seminars the Class considered a wide range of occupa¬ tional health problems, including dust diseases, air-borne contamination, noise, radiation, plant medical services, and personnel selection. In laboratory experi¬ ments they became familiar with many of the standard field and laboratory analytical methods and control procedures. The “gas chamber”, where some played the part of guinea pigs; the hum of the blowers while setting up standard concentrations; the annoyance of a flowmeter falling apart, or a midget impinger pulling over in the middle of an experiment, will long be remembered. Under AEC contract, the Department is engaged in basic air-cleaning inves¬ tigations, evaluation of dust removal equipment, and field consultations at atomic energy installations. Research work is currently in progress on the development of filtering materials for open hearth furnace fumes, on habita¬ bility in climatic extremes, and on control of heat casualties in military trainees. Standing (left to right) WILLIAMS, SMALL, SILVERMAN, McFARLAND, O’CONNOR Seated (left to right) YAGLOU, DRINKER

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Department of Epidemiology The department of epidemiology started in 1922 under Dr. Rosenau with a worldwide outlook which has been continued and extended under the present professor of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology—John E. Gordon. Students soon learn that not only is epidemiology the diagnostic discipline of Public Health but that its scope extends far beyond the boundaries of com¬ municable disease. The Department has done much to pioneer this broader concept so that we now take for granted the inclusion in our courses of studies of world population, alcoholism and accidents on the Mystic River Bridge. Special courses provide opportunity for students to continue work in their own fields, whether this is veterinary medicine, tuberculosis or international health. Current research,in keeping with a broad outlook,includes field and labora¬ tory studies of congenital anomalies, especially retrolental fibroplasia, mon¬ golism and malformation of the central nervous system. Work on enteric diseases in the military, cancer and diabetes continues. Abroad, the Department is concerned with field studies on population dynamics in the Punjab, and the frequency and spread of intestinal infection in Alaska. At the end of the first semester, having initiated the Class into the Royal Order of the Shillelagh, Professor Gordon left for his world tour. During part of the time he will hold a travelling professorship in Japan. His experiences will doubtless be recounted next year to portray the current interaction of the World, the Flesh and the Devil. Seated (left to right) PUGH, RUBENSTEIN, HABEGGER, WESSELHOEFT, INGALLS Standing (left to right) POPE, PHILBROOK, PEMBERTON

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Department of Maternal and Child Health Seated (left to right) VALADIAN, E. P. RICE, STITT, STUART, BURKE Standing (left to right) VARLEY, GRANT, BURROUGHS, R. G. RICE, BUTLER, PYLE From various parts of the U.S.A. and countries as distant as India, students interested in maternal and child health are attracted to this Department. It was founded in 1921 by Richard Smith and has been developed and led since 1928 by Professor H. C. Stuart. The courses cover all aspects of the subject from pregnancy through delivery to ado¬ lescence. Of particular interest is the long-term research project on the processes of normal growth and development in which the Professor and his team have been engaged for many years. Students are able to learn at first hand from some of the data as yet uncompleted and unpublished. The fundamental knowledge gained in this Department and at associated institutions is of universal application and students returning to their respective regions can translate this into the organization of services suitable for local conditions. This department was started in 1942 under the direction of Professor F. J. Stare. Since then he, Dr. Hegsted and others have developed a teaching and research program bal¬ anced between problems of a fundamental scientific nature and those of applied nutrition. The students enjoyed the welcoming party given for them and the tour of the laborato¬ ries which followed. The inclusion of those not taking courses in the Department was pleasing as it enabled them to learn something of the work of this specialized unit. Current research includes studies on the nutritional needs of normal people, the role of cholestrol metabolism in atherosclerosis, the development of fat emulsions for parenteral feeding and the nutrition education of school children. Department of Nutrition (Left to right) TRULSON,GEYER, HEGSTED, MAYER, STARE, ANDRUS, VITALE, DAVIS, GERSHOFF