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The Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine, Townsville, Queensland

Title:: The Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine, Townsville, Queensland
Creator:: Sawyer, Wilbur A.
Date:: 2 March 1920
Description:: In the summer of 1919, Sawyer and his family moved to Brisbane, Australia, to head the Rockefeller Foundation's new hookworm control campaign there. Early in 1920 he spent several months visiting the campaign's regional sites and helping to launch control efforts, including this one in Townsville in northern Queensland.
Location:: Box: 4. Folder: 13
Rights:: Public Domain
Genre:: Photographic prints
Subject:: Hookworm Infections, Public Health, and Australia
Format:: Still Image
Extent:: 1 pages
Legacy ID:: LWBBCT
NLM ID:: 101584931X37
Profiles Collection:: The Wilbur A. Sawyer Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584931X37
Story Section:: From Hookworm to Yellow Fever: Rockefeller Foundation, 1919-1927