Cancer

Content Description: Collection consists of an alphabetical vertical file of publicity and associated correspondence related to the professional activities of M. Judah Folkman collected and maintained by the Vascular Biology Program of Children's Hospital Boston (called Boston Children's Hospital since 2013). Some correspondence with journalists is by Wendy Foss or Jenny Grillo on Folkman's behalf. Records are in English with occasional items in Dutch, Italian, German, Japanese, and Portuguese. Two files contain...

Overview:

The Hermann Lisco Papers, 1899–2000 (inclusive), 1940-1974 (bulk), are the product of Lisco’s professional, research, teaching, publishing, and personal activities and interests throughout the course of his career. The papers are arranged in four series: I. Correspondence, 1921-1999, II. Research records, 1899-1992, III. Professional records, 1936-1994, IV. Personal papers, 1909-2000.

Scope and Contents:

Consists of a typed draft of The Medical Treatment of Cancer: Introduction, written by Mark Clement on 06 November 1937 in Hampstead, London, England. The manuscript describes the problem of cancer and the available treatments, and proposes dietary and medical treatments. The rest of the work is outlined following the Introduction.

Overview:

Correspondence, reviews, articles, biographical material, financial documents, etc., of Frances Ullmann DeArmand, editor specializing in books and magazines for or about children and teenagers.

Overview: The collection consists of records created or collected by Tayyaba Hasan in pursuit of her professional activities as a researcher in photodynamic medicine, primarily at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. Photodynamic medicine (often referred to as photodynamic therapy) is used as a technique for disease detection and treatment; it depends upon the use of a photosensitizing agent, often a dye, which is injected into tissue and reacts when exposed to a...