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Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Rupert Lee Blue (May 30, 1868 – April 12, 1948) was an American physician and soldier. He was the fourth Surgeon General of the United States from 1912 to 1920. He served as president of the American Medical Association in 1916–17.
Sep 3, 2020 · Public health hero Rupert Blue helped defeat outbreaks of plague and a plethora of deadly diseases. by Sarah Richardson 9/3/2020. During 1906-09, Blue’s unit in San Francisco included a squad of rat taggers whose work let labs trace outbreaks. (National Library Medicine) Share This Article.
Biography: Rupert Blue. In 1918, the nation’s top medical specialists had not yet reached a consensus on exactly what influenza was. Before trying to define the disease for an alarmed citizenry...
Plague at the Golden Gate | Digital Short. Rupert Blue. Share: Rupert Blue was a physician in the Marine Hospital Service, the precursor to the modern U.S. Public Health Service. In 1901,...
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May 24, 2022 · Rupert Blue. In 1901, Rupert Blue launched a public health campaign that ended a deadly bubonic plague outbreak in San Francisco. Watch now. Clip Season 34 Episode 4 Length 00:44 Premiere: 05/24/22.
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The Cancer Detectives tells the untold story of the first-ever war on cancer and the coalition of people who fought tirelessly to save women from cervical cancer: a Greek immigrant, Dr. George Papanicolaou; his intrepid wife, Mary; Japanese-born artist Hashime Murayama; Dr. Helen Dickens, an African American OBGYN in Philadelphia; and an entirely new class of female scientists.
Nov 15, 2019 · The man who replaced Kinyoun as head of the Marine Hospital Service in San Francisco was Dr. Rupert Blue. Though he too faced resistance in fighting the plague, he had advantages over Kinyoun.
