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Manuscripts
Drafts of articles on history of vitamins
mssFunk Collection
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Manuscripts
English and Spanish drafts of chapter "The Science of Vitamins. Introduction: The Bases of Vitaminology. Doctrine of Casimir Funk". Reprints of Funk's articles "Studies on beri-beri. The probable role of vitamines in the process of digestion and utilisation of food" (1913) and "The Antiberiberi Vitamine" (1921)
mssFunk Collection
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Manuscripts
Correspondence between Benjamin Harrow and Waldemar Kaempffert, Science Editor of the New York Times, objecting to crediting Hopkins as discoverer of vitamins; 2 copies of Funk's draft dated April 17, 1948 "Just a bit of Medical History: the Vitamins"
mssFunk Collection
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Manuscripts
Collection composed of research notes, articles and offprints, clinical notebooks, personal and work-related correspondence, Funk Foundation materials, and a few slides/photos. Includes drafts of Funks autobiography, and drafts of Benjamin Harrows published biography of Funk. Some of the earliest material in the collection dates from the beginning of his professional career in Paris (1904-1906), but the bulk focuses on his life and career in the United States from 1939-1967. Manuscript materials are in English, French, German and Polish and the collection of published professional literature mostly in offprints and reproductions contains works in English, French, German, Polish, Russian and Spanish. Topics include: cancer, diabetes, vitamins, ulcers and hormones.
mssFunk Collection
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Manuscripts
Collection composed of research notes, articles and offprints, clinical notebooks, personal and work-related correspondence, Funk Foundation materials, and a few slides/photos. Includes drafts of Funks autobiography, and drafts of Benjamin Harrows published biography of Funk. Some of the earliest material in the collection dates from the beginning of his professional career in Paris (1904-1906), but the bulk focuses on his life and career in the United States from 1939-1967. Manuscript materials are in English, French, German and Polish and the collection of published professional literature mostly in offprints and reproductions contains works in English, French, German, Polish, Russian and Spanish. Topics include: cancer, diabetes, vitamins, ulcers and hormones.
mssFunk Collection
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Manuscripts
Collection composed of research notes, articles and offprints, clinical notebooks, personal and work-related correspondence, Funk Foundation materials, and a few slides/photos. Includes drafts of Funks autobiography, and drafts of Benjamin Harrows published biography of Funk. Some of the earliest material in the collection dates from the beginning of his professional career in Paris (1904-1906), but the bulk focuses on his life and career in the United States from 1939-1967. Manuscript materials are in English, French, German and Polish and the collection of published professional literature mostly in offprints and reproductions contains works in English, French, German, Polish, Russian and Spanish. Topics include: cancer, diabetes, vitamins, ulcers and hormones.
mssFunk Collection