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  1. Medical Science Research at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn During the 1940s-1950s
  2. Samuel Ruben
  3. Herman F. Mark
  4. Morris B. Jacobs
  5. David Harker
  6. Summary and Analysis
  7. References

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