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Letter from Lawrence Kolb to the Surgeon General

Creator:: Kolb, Lawrence, 1881-1972
Title:: Letter from Lawrence Kolb to the Surgeon General
Date:: 09 January 1929
Description:: Kolb replied to Surgeon General Hugh Cumming's request for a list of experts in the field of mental evaluation who could review the 1918 PHS manual for the mental examination of immigrants and recommend revisions.
Rights:: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Genre:: Letters (correspondence)
Format:: Text
Extent:: 2 pages
Language:: English
NLM ID:: 9918351284206676X207
Profiles Collection:: The Lawrence Kolb Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/9918351284206676X207
Story Section:: Investigations of “The Narcotic Drug Problem” and further work on the Mental Examination of Aliens, 1923-1932
Exhibit Tags:: investigations
Recipient:: Cumming, Hugh S. (Hugh Smith), 1869-1948