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- ↑ "HENRY PHIPPS INSTITUTE; Will Be Established for Treatment of Tuberculosis. One-Time Partner of Mr. Carnegie Gives $1,000,000 for the Purpose -- Will Be Located in Philadelphia.", The New York Times , January 10, 1903.
- ↑ McBride, David (Spring 1987). "The Henry Phipps Institute, 1903-1937: Pioneering Tuberculosis Work With an Urban Minority". Bulletin of the History of Medicine . Johns Hopkins University Press. 61 (1): 78–97. ISSN 0007-5140. JSTOR 44433664. PMID 3548853.
- ↑ Nowell, Peter C.; Delpino, Louis B. (1987), Esmond R. Long, 1890–1979 (PDF), National Academy of Sciences , retrieved February 18, 2024.
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