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Polio Survivors Value March of Dimes

Date: 12 27 1954
Description: Mrs. Judith Lokken, a grandmother of three, was diagnosed with polio in August 1954 but is now virtually recovered.
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Polio Vaccine in Transport

Date: 1955
Description: Polio vaccine being unloaded (?) from a Northwest airplane.
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Girl in Iron Lung

Date: 1957
Description: A nurse holding a mirror so that the photographer can see the face of a girl in an iron lung. Hanging from the machine are a number of greeting cards. The ...
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Secretary Shalala

Date: 1994
Description: Donna Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services and former Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, unveils a bust of Congressman William H...
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Madison Council of Parents and Teachers School of Instruction

Date: 09 19 1956
Description: A health workshop was held in conjunction with the annual school of instruction sponsored by the Madison Council of Parents and Teachers. Watching movies a...
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Officers of the Association for Childbirth Education

Date: 01 13 1957
Description: Group portrait of the officers of the Association for Childbirth Education which sponsored a lecture series. The officers, left to right, are: Louise Thoma...
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Examples of Figures Showing Radiation Pathways

Date: 07 1976
Description: Diagram showing environmental means by which humans can be exposed to radiation from nuclear power plants.
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Foster Parents

Date: 01 29 1957
Description: Dr. Hertha Tarrasch, center, psychiatrist, spoke to the foster parents, telling them about emotional problems of children. Dr. Tarrasch, who is consulting ...
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Foot Health Week

Date: 05 12 1958
Description: The original caption states: "Two Madison chiropodists, Dr. F.J. Jasensky, left, and R.W. Harmon, right, examine some of the equipment and material used in...
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Wilbur J. Cohen and Comprehensive Health Care

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Description: Wilbur J. Cohen, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, discussing a poster board about comprehensive health care with an unidentified man.
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Ray Murphy

Date: 05 05 1961
Description: Portrait of Ray Murphy, alcoholism counselor at Mendota State Hospital.
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Dane County Association of Health Councils

Date: 10 14 1954
Description: Four elected officers of the Dane County Association of Health Councils posing for a group portrait before planning a spring county-wide health survey. Sta...
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Seminar on Ministry and Mental Health

Date: 05 16 1955
Description: Three clergymen visit during the seminar on ministry and mental health at the University YMCA. Left to right are: Rev. George Grotkin of St. Mary's Catholi...
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Seminar on Ministry and Mental Health

Date: 05 16 1955
Description: The men who planned the three-meeting seminar on ministry and mental health gather at the University YMCA in Madison. At left is Walter W. Argow, Madison, ...
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Seminar on Ministry and Mental Health

Date: 05 16 1955
Description: Two Lutheran pastors chat during the seminar on ministry and mental health at the University YMCA in Madison. The Madison pastors are Rev. William J. Rohlw...
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Seminar on Ministry and Mental Health

Date: 05 16 1955
Description: Three pastors attend the seminar on ministry and mental health at the University YMCA in Madison. Pictured are Rev. Edwin Erbe, St. John's Catholic Church,...
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Strontium 90 Concerns from Atomic Bomb Tests

Date: 12 21 1961
Description: Portrait of Heinz Lettau, a professor quoted in an article about Strontium 90 health concerns resulting from recent Russian atomic bomb tests. Included in ...
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"Tranquilizers Restore Lives"

Date: 12 11 1964
Description: In the foreground, a woman's arms, with a bracelet and wristwatch. In one hand she is holding a large bottle of pills, and is pouring the pills into the ot...
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Mental Health Fund Raising

Date: 06 02 1965
Description: Susan Butler presenting a check for $760 to Atty. William Chatterton, president of the Dane County Assn. for Mental Health. The gift has been designated fo...
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Winner in Health Contest

Date: 05 1928
Description: Portrait of young man, wearing a suit and tie, standing in front of a mirror on the wall looking at his reflection.

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