Brandt, Allan M(orris)
BRANDT, Allan M(orris)
BRANDT, Allan M(orris). American, b. 1953. Genres: Medicine/Health. Career: Smith College, Northampton, MA, lecturer in American history, 1982; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, assistant professor of history of medicine and science, 1983-87, associate professor, 1987-90; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, department of social medicine and history, associate professor, 1990-92; Harvard University, Cambridge, Kass professor of history of medicine and professor of history of science, 1992-. Publications: No Magic Bullet: A Social History of Venereal Disease in the United States Since 1880, Oxford University Press, 1985. Address: Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 641 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115, U.S.A.
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