Salk Poliomyelitis Vaccine Telecast - Bob Emerick

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Bob Emerick, the narrator, with assistant at the live telecast on the development of the poliomyelitis vaccine.

The photograph was taken on April 12, 1955, during the live telecast informing the American public that the field trial to test the inactivated polio vaccine was successful. The telecast was filmed at Rackham Hall at the University of Michigan. Eli Lilly & Co. funded the hour and a half long broadcast, narrated by Bob Emerick. It was watched by an estimated 54,000 doctors in special screenings in movie theaters and heard by millions of people around the world on the radio.

Dr. Jonas Salk (not pictured), developer of the poliomyelitis vaccine, received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1939.

Salk Poliomyelitis Vaccine Telecast - David Bodian, Jonas Salk, Thomas Francis, Thomas M. Rivers

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Dr. David Bodian, Dr. Jonas E. Salk, Dr. Thomas Francis, and Dr. Thomas M. Rivers being briefed before the live telecast on the development of the poliomyelitis vaccine.

The photograph was taken on April 12, 1955, during the live telecast informing the American public that the field trial to test the inactivated polio vaccine was successful. The telecast was filmed at Rackham Hall at the University of Michigan. Eli Lilly & Co. funded the hour and a half long broadcast, narrated by Bob Emerick. It was watched by an estimated 54,000 doctors in special screenings in movie theaters and heard by millions of people around the world on the radio.

Dr. Jonas Salk, developer of the poliomyelitis vaccine, received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1939.

Salk Poliomyelitis Vaccine Telecast - Bill Kraas, Bill Murphy and Mrs. H. J. Schumacher

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Bill Kraas and Bill Murphy, of Eli Lilly and Co, congratulate Mrs. H. J. Schumacher at the live telecast on the development of the poliomyelitis vaccine.

The photograph was taken on April 12, 1955, during the live telecast informing the American public that the field trial to test the inactivated polio vaccine was successful. The telecast was filmed at Rackham Hall at the University of Michigan. Eli Lilly & Co. funded the hour and a half long broadcast, narrated by Bob Emerick. It was watched by an estimated 54,000 doctors in special screenings in movie theaters and heard by millions of people around the world on the radio.

Dr. Jonas Salk (not pictured), developer of the poliomyelitis vaccine, received his MD from New York University College of Medicine in 1939.

Joseph Decatur Bryant

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Carte de visite portrait of Joseph Decatur Bryant, MD (1845-1914). Dr. Bryant received his MD from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1868. He taught as a Professor of Surgical Anatomy, Surgery, and Orthopedic Surgery at Bellevue Hospital College from 1875 to 1914. Dr. Bryant also served as the Commissioner of Health of both New York City and New York State, Surgeon-General of the National Guard, and personal physician to President Grover Cleveland. In 1893, he operated on Cleveland for sarcoma of the left upper jaw.

Frank A. Calderone

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Portrait of Frank Anthony Calderone, MD (1901-1987), upon his 1946 appointment as Director of the Interim Commission of the World Health Organization. Dr. Calderone received his MD from University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1924. From 1931 to 1935, he served as an Instructor in Pharmacology at University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College. He later taught in the New York University College of Medicine’s department of Preventive Medicine as an Instructor (1938-1942), Assistant Professor (1942), and Lecturer (1942-1947). Dr. Calderone served as Director of Health Services for the United Nations Secretariat from 1951 to 1954.

Joseph Decatur Bryant

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Carte de visite portrait of Joseph Decatur Bryant, MD (1845-1914). Dr. Bryant received his MD from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1868. He taught as a Professor of Surgical Anatomy, Surgery, and Orthopedic Surgery at Bellevue Hospital College from 1875 to 1914. Dr. Bryant also served as the Commissioner of Health of both New York City and New York State, Surgeon-General of the National Guard, and personal physician to President Grover Cleveland. In 1893, he operated on Cleveland for sarcoma of the left upper jaw.

Joseph Decatur Bryant

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Photograph of an illustrated portrait of Joseph Decatur Bryant, MD (1845-1914). Dr. Bryant received his MD from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1868. He taught as a Professor of Surgical Anatomy, Surgery, and Orthopedic Surgery at Bellevue Hospital College from 1875 to 1914. Dr. Bryant also served as the Commissioner of Health of both New York City and New York State, Surgeon-General of the National Guard, and personal physician to President Grover Cleveland. In 1893, he operated on Cleveland for sarcoma of the left upper jaw.

Hermann Michael Biggs

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Portrait of Hermann Michael Biggs, MD (1859-1923). Dr. Biggs received his MD from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1883, after which he interned at Bellevue Hospital from 1883 to 1884. His career at Bellevue Hospital Medical College (later University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College) spanned from 1884 to 1923. Dr. Biggs taught across a variety of medical disciplines, including Pathological Anatomy, Therapeutics and Clinical Medicine, and Principles and Practice of Medicine. He received world-wide recognition for his contributions to public health, concentrating on the application of the science of bacteriology to the prevention and control of infectious diseases. One of his many achievements was the establishment of the New York City Board of Health Laboratory.

Hermann Michael Biggs

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Photograph of an etched portrait of Hermann Michael Biggs, MD (1859-1923), signed. Dr. Biggs received his MD from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1883, after which he interned at Bellevue Hospital from 1883 to 1884. His career at Bellevue Hospital Medical College (later University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College) spanned from 1884 to 1923. Dr. Biggs taught across a variety of medical disciplines, including Pathological Anatomy, Therapeutics and Clinical Medicine, and Principles and Practice of Medicine. He received world-wide recognition for his contributions to public health, concentrating on the application of the science of bacteriology to the prevention and control of infectious diseases. One of his many achievements was the establishment of the New York City Board of Health Laboratory.

NYU School of Medicine - Parents Association Buffet Supper

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Portrait taken at the annual New York University School of Medicine Parents Association Buffet Supper, 1956. Participants from left to right: Marcus Kogel, Dean of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine; George E. Armstrong, Director of the Medical Center; William N. Hubbard, Class of 1944, Associate Dean; Homer Smith; Harry Wexler, Class of 1922, Chairman of the Parents Association; Sidney Rubenfeld, Class of 1930.