Author: Brian Scanlan
Brian Scanlan is a former publishing executive with an interests in the history of the immigration and medicine. He has a B.A. in history from Rutgers University.
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The Incessant Association of Immigrants and Infection: The 1921 Congressional on Venereal Disease
United States Public Health Service doctors examine immigrants at Ellis Island.
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1921 Hearing on Immigrants and Venereal Disease
On January 11, 1921, as the post-Great War alarm about increased immigration intensified, the Congressional Committee on Immigration and Naturalization held a hearing called the “Physical Examination of Immigrants.” Members…
