THE ARMED FORCES EPIDEMIOLOGICAL BOARD

The Histories of the Commissions

Theodore E. Woodward, M.D.
Editor

Contents

Foreword by     The Surgeons General of the United States Army,
                         United States Navy, the United States Air Force

Preface

Section 1           Commission on Acute Respiratory Diseases
                          Incorporating Three Other Commissions
                         William S. Jordan, Jr., M.D.

                             Commission on Acute Respiratory Diseases

                             Commission on Air-Borne Infection

                             Commission on Meningococcal Meningitis

                             Commission on Pneumonia

Section 2           Commission on Influenza
                         Gordon N. Meiklejohn, M.D.

Section 3          Commission on Epidemiological Survey
                         Dan Crozier, M.D.

Section 4          Commission on Streptococcal and Staphylococcal Diseases
                         Floyd W. Denny, Jr., M.D., and Harold B. Houser, M.D.

                             Commission on Hemolytic Streptococcal Infections

                             Commission on Streptococcal Diseases and Commission
                                on Streptococcal and Staphylococcal Diseases

Section 5           Commission on Enteric Infections  
                         Mary Jane Wood, B.S., R.N., and Richard B. Hornick, M.D.

Section 6           Commission on Parasitic Diseases
                         Paul C. Beaver, Ph.D.

Section 7           Commissions on Immunization and Rickettsial Diseases
                         Theodore E. Woodward, M.D.

                                Commission on Immunization

                                Commission on Rickettsial Diseases

A publication of the

Borden Institute
Office of the Surgeon General
Department of the Army, United States of America

Editor in Chief
Brigadier General Russ Zajtchuk, MC, U.S. Army
Director, Borden Institute
Commanding General
U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
Professor of Surgery
F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine
Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences

Officer in Charge and Managing Editor
Colonel Ronald F. Bellamy, MC, U.S. Army
Borden Institute
Associate Professor of Military Medicine,
Associate Professor of Surgery,
F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine
Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences

1994

The Coat of Arms
1818
Medical Department of the Army

A 1976 etching by Vassil Ekimov of an
original color print that appeared in
The Military Surgeon, Vol XLI, No 2, 1917

LORRAINE B. DAVIS
SENIOR EDITOR

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Textbook of Military Medicine
Borden Institute
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Woodward, Theodore E. (Theodore Englar), 1914-
       The Armed Forces Epidemiological Board : History of the
   Commissions / Theodore E. Woodward.
           p. cm.
       Includes bibliographical references.
       1.  United States.  Armed Forces Epidemiological Board.
    2.  Epidemiology-Research-United States-History-20th century.
    I.  Title
    UH453.W66.  1994
    614.4'0973--dc20

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