Title:

John Howard Lidgett Cumpston and Wilbur A. Sawyer at the Malaria Station, Leesburg, Georgia

Creator:

Leach, Charles N.

Date:

[ca. 8 September 1924]

Description:

Several months after returning from Australia, Sawyer was dispatched to the southern U.S. to check on the status of hookworm and malaria control programs in Georgia and Alabama. Drs. Charles N. Leach and John Howard Lidgett Cumpston assisted in this effort. The caption on the back of the photograph reads, "Sept. 8+/-, 1924. Dr. Cumpston of Australia and W.A.S. at the entrance to the Malaria Station, Leesburg. The pants of Dr. C. belong to Leach! Photo by Leach."

Location:

Box: 10. Folder: 9

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of Charles N. Leach Jr.

Genre:

Photographic prints

Subject:

Hookworm Infections and Malaria

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Legacy ID:

LWBBFC

NLM ID:

101584931X65

Profiles Collection:

The Wilbur A. Sawyer Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584931X65

Story Section:

From Hookworm to Yellow Fever: Rockefeller Foundation, 1919-1927