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John E. Fogarty with Senator Lister Hill and U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry
Date:
14 December 1961
Description:
Luther Terry (1911-1985) was U.S. Surgeon General from 1961-65 and is best known for issuing the first official report linking tobacco use and lung cancer. A cardiologist, he was Assistant Director of the National Heart Institute from 1958 to 1961.
Free Text. History of Medicine Division. Prints and Photographs Collection.. Free Text. This image may also be accessed from the Images from the History of Medicine (IHM).. URL. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/ihm/. IHM Order Number. A033444