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

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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 Students are able to learn at first hand from some of the data as yet uncompleted and unpublished.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

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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 Physiology Standing (left to right) DUFF, LEFCOE, BORST, FERRIS, FRANK Seated (left to right) MEAD, WHITTENBERGER, AMDUR, BERGLUND W„ AT are the physiological limitations of man under environmental stress, and what are the adaptive mechanisms facilitating human adjustment to stress? Professor J. L. Whittenberger, Head of the Department, and his associates teach the importance of these problems and the significance of the equilibrium-restoring reactions to fatigue and to extremes of temperature and pressure. Studies on circulation and respiration form the major portion of the Department’s research activities. Special emphasis has been placed upon the mechanics of breathing as related to resuscitation, artificial respiration, and the treatment of pulmonary disease; on reactions of the pulmonary circulation to changes in the gaseous environment; and on the completion of confirmatory work on Starling’s law in the intact organism. Special techniques developed in the course of these studies have recently been used to assess the effects of atmospheric pollutants. Irofessor Gordon M. Fair, Head of this Department, will long be remembered for his ability to present the intricacies of water purification and sewage disposal in a style not only lucid but literate. After guiding the students across the waters “too thick to drink and too thin to plow”, Dr. Fair called upon Drs. Moore, Morris and Chang to further elabo¬ rate on the basic principles of environmental sanitation. In addition to teaching, the Department is actively engaged in projects which involve measuring the increase of radioactivity of streams and reservoirs due to products of the atomic age; the use of cation and anion exchange resins for removing chemical warfare agents from water supplies; and the use of quaternary ammonium compounds in aeration processes, a method which holds promise of replacing the time-honored water treatment operations of coagulation and filtration. Department of Sanitary Engineering (Left to right) THOMAS, FAIR, MOORE, MORRIS