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Typewritten notes from Dr. Rudolph Matas' course in the Department of Surgery at Tulane Medical School in 1923. Azar was then a medical student at Tulane; these notes appear to have been his, but were found in the papers of fellow student Ambrose Storck, whose collection is under SC-121. Accessioned March, 1985

Scope and Contents The papers include correspondence, reports, manuscripts, and reprints of articles from various medical journals. They are arranged into series as follows: Personal, Tulane University, Military, Veterans Administration, Organizations, Manuscripts, and Reprints. Generally, the first five series include primarily correspondence and reports. Some of the manuscript files also include correspondence relative to that project. One manuscript, the Anesthesia Death Rate study, is included because Dr....

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Transferred to the Archives in 1995 following the resignation of Dr. Brobson Lutz as Director of Health. Most of the records are listed as "General Files," but there is also a subseries of "AIDS Files." The records are especially strong for the period of Dr. Lutz's administration which began in 1983. Also of special interest is an extensive file on the "merger" of the Health Department with the Louisiana Department of Health and Human Resources.

Scope and Contents The records include correspondence and reports relating to nutrition surveys in Columbia and Bolivia in 1960-1962 and to the exchange program between the medical schools of Tulane and Anioquia (Columbia). Correspondents include various members of the ICNND, both in the Department of Health, Education, & Welfare and at medical schools throughout the U.S., and the University and Health officials in Columbia and Bolivia. Of special interst are copies of Dr. Unglaub's letters describing his...