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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

BLOCKER, Truman Graves Jr. (1809 – 1984)

1809 – 1984

2 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1949 CE

#7128

The Texas City disaster; a survey of 3,000 casualties.

BLOCKER, Truman Graves Jr. (1809 – 1984) BLOCKER, Virginia Howard Irvine (1913 – 2005)

After ships anchored in Texas City exploded in 1947, injuring and burning some 3,000 persons, the Blockers published a survey of the casualties. For this and other research studies involving trauma and burns the Block…

1986 CE

#6786.31

The Truman G. Blocker, Jr. history of medicine collections: Books and manuscripts

WYGANT, Larry J. BLOCKER, Truman Graves Jr. (1809 – 1984)

Describes approximately 13,000 books chiefly acquired for the Moody Medical Library by Truman G. Blocker, Jr. Includes the Alfred H. Whittacker library on the history of occupational medicine..