Bettag, Otto - Interview and Memoir
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- 1981
- Description
Dr. Bettag, former Director of the Illinois Department of Public Welfare, discusses his medical training and experiences combating tuberculosis; experiences at Cincinnati General Hospital and the Veterans' Administration at Hines, Illinois; and as chief surgeon at Whitehaven Sanitorium in Pennsylvania, treating tuberculosis patients and miners with "black lung" disease. He discusses treating tuberculosis at the Pontiac prison; his tenure as the f...
- Creator
Bettag, Otto (1906-1990)
- Contributing Institution
- University of Illinois at Springfield
- Subjects
- Cincinnati OH
Hospitals
Illinois--Politics and Government
Illinois Department of Public Welfare
Medicine
Mental Health
Physicians
Stratton, William G. (Governor, Illinois, 1953-1961)
Tuberculosis - Language
- English
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- © Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this material, please contact: Archives/Special Collections, University of Illinois at Springfield, One University Plaza, MS BRK 140, Springfield IL 62703-5407. Phone: (217) 206-6520. http://library.uis.edu/archives/index.html
- Chicago citation style
- Bettag, Otto (1906-1990). Bettag, Otto - Interview and Memoir. 1981. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/uis/id/1022. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Bettag, Otto (1906-1990), (1981) Bettag, Otto - Interview and Memoir. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/uis/id/1022
- MLA citation style
- Bettag, Otto (1906-1990). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/uis/id/1022>.