Wilbur A. Sawyer and Dr. Thirumahah at the office of the hookworm campaign in Walajahpet, India Wilbur A. Sawyer and Dr. Thirumahah at the office of the hookworm campaign in Walajahpet, India

Publication: Produced: 27 March 1924 Language(s): No linguistic content Format: Still image Subject(s): Hookworm Infections India Genre(s): Archival Materials Photographic prints Abstract: The Sawyer family left Australia in January 1924, returning to New York via Ceylon, India, Egypt, and Europe. Dr. Sawyer, as the Rockefeller Foundation's assistant regional director for the East, spent the first part of the journey visiting RF hookworm control sites (and potential sites) in Ceylon and India, but combined this with sightseeing. The caption on the back of the photograph reads, "Office of the Ancylostomiasis Campaign, North Arcot District, Walajahpet. Dr. Thirumahah and I have been decorated with jasmine by the local Field Director. Mar. 27, 1924." Copyright: This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use. Extent: 1 pages NLM Unique ID: 101584931X53 (See in Profiles in Science) Profiles in Science ID: LWBBDN Permanent Link: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584931X53 Archival Collection: The Wilbur A. Sawyer Papers (Profiles in Science)