Eliah Maurice Nadel (October 9, 1918 – March 9, 1981) was an American

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born in the Bronx, New York. He appeared in Fox Film's

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series of short comedy films. He was "The Kid" in the 1925

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''. After his film career he studied medicine and, as a career physician, worked for the Cancer Control Branch of the

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, where he developed the biometric considerations that were relevant to testing for cancer.As Memory Serves-An Informal History of the National Cancer Institute, 1937-57
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, serving as Chief, Research in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine from 1966 to 1968. He left the VA in 1970 and became Associate Dean and Professor of Pathology at the St. Louis University School of Medicine in

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.A Historical Look at the Department of Veterans Affairs Research and Development Program
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nadel, Eli Male actors from the Bronx American male film actors American male silent film actors American pathologists 20th-century American male actors 1918 births 1981 deaths Scientists from New York (state)