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Bidding the Sickness Cease

Title:: Bidding the Sickness Cease
Date:: 18 July 1926
Description:: A New York Times Editor praises the Hookworm work of the Rockefeller Foundation in the tropics as they overcome the hostility of natives and allay the suspicions of colonial governments.
Periodical:: New York Times
Publisher:: New York Times Company
Rights:: Reproduced with permission of the New York Times.
Genre:: Articles
Subject:: Hookworm Infections, International Cooperation, Public Health, and Disease Transmission, Infectious
Format:: Text
Extent:: 1 pages
Language:: English
Legacy Source Citation:: Periodical. Bidding the Sickness Cease. New York Times, (18 July 1926): 6. Article. 1 Image.. New York Times
Legacy ID:: VVBBLP
NLM ID:: 101584650X180
Profiles Collection:: The Fred L. Soper Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584650X180
Story Section:: Learning the Ropes: Hookworm Disease in South America, 1920-1927