Alexander Duncan Langmuir

Alexander Duncan Langmuir

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Veterinary public health and Alexander D. Langmuir.

Alexander Duncan Langmuir was recruited by the late Joseph Mountin, as I (1. H. S.) was after World War II, with the challenge to explore new areas that related to public health. Mountin was a leader who gained fame by challenging the old order and anticipating future needs (1). He foresaw the need for an agency such as the Communicable Disease Center (now the Centers for Disease Control and Pr...

Alexander D. Langmuir--his impact on public health.

Polybius was right. The world must be seen as an organic whole where everything affects everything else. That being the case, we are faced with such complexity that attempts to understand the full ramifications of any given event or person's life are fraught with peril, including the attempt to understand Alexander D. Langmuir's impact on public health. Some people are indeed "larger than life"...

Duncan Wood

Mr. Duncan Wood, formerly Consultant Surgeon to e Royal Hospital, Bristol, Cossham Memorial HosBristol, and to Bridgwater Hospital, Somerset, 'ed on July 24th, 1969, at the age of 82. He was born on September 2nd, 1886, at iCorsham, J'tshire, where his father was in General Practice. ? was educated at the Imperial Service College, ^ich was at Windsor in those days. From there he ?nt to the Lond...

Duncan Macrae