Letter from Otis L. Anderson to John E. Fogarty
- Title:
- Letter from Otis L. Anderson to John E. Fogarty
- Creator:
-
Anderson, Otis L.
United States. Public Health Service. Office of the Surgeon General - Recipient:
- Fogarty, John Edward, 1913-1967
- Date:
- 3 June 1957
- Description:
- Anderson, Assistant U. S. Surgeon General, replied to a query from Fogarty's constituent, a physician who wanted to know why doctors in private practice found it almost impossible to get the Salk polio vaccine for their patients, even though public health clinics seemed to have plenty. This correspondence shows some of the difficulties involved in producing and distributing polio vaccine nationwide during the first few years it was available.
- Original Repository:
- Phillips Memorial Library, Special and Archival Collections at Providence College
- Location:
- Box: 39. Folder: 562
- Rights:
- Public Domain
- Genre:
- Letters (correspondence)
- Format:
- Text
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Relation:
- Public Health Service Progress Report on the Poliomyelitis Vaccination Program, 1956 Letter from Otis L. Anderson to John E. Fogarty, 1957 Letter from Otis L. Anderson to John E. Fogarty, 1957 The Salk Vaccine Problem, 1955 Letter from Leroy Burney to E. H. Beesley, 1957 Letter from John T. Barrett to John E. Fogarty, 1957
- Language:
- English
- Legacy Source Citation:
- Original Repository. Phillips Memorial Library, Special and Archival Collections at Providence College. 12898. URL. http://www.providence.edu/LIBRARY/spcol/
- Legacy ID:
- HRBBNY
- NLM ID:
- 101743404X229
- Profiles Collection:
- The John E. Fogarty Papers
- Shareable Link:
- https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101743404X229
- Story Section:
- Redefining the Federal Role in Public Health, Medical Research, and Education, 1949-1960