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Letter from George W. McCoy to Lawrence Kolb

Creator:: McCoy, George W. (George Walter), 1876-1952
Title:: Letter from George W. McCoy to Lawrence Kolb
Date:: 18 August 1930
Description:: McCoy, Director of the National Institute of Health (formerly the PHS Hygienic Laboratory) wrote to Kolb with news of the PHS, a recent drug addiction conference, and outbreaks of typhus fever.
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:: 9918351284206676X268
Profiles Collection:: The Lawrence Kolb Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/9918351284206676X268
Story Section:: DOJ Medical Facility in Springfield, MO, and the PHS Narcotic Farm in Lexington, KY, 1932-1938
Exhibit Tags:: DOJ
Recipient:: Kolb, Lawrence, 1881-1972