Manuscripts

Cancer – case studies from Sao-Paulo, Brazil

Description: Case studies and clinical observations (mostly supplied in translation) of various cancer patients responding to treatment of new drug "Curelemina" developed by Sebastião Corain in São Paulo, Brazil. Includes photographs, x-rays, clinical observations as well as patient testimonials.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1951
Call number: mssFunk Collection
Creator: Funk, Casimir (1884-1967)(Opens in new tab)
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Associated people: Harrow, Benjamin, (1888-1970.); Funk, Ian C., (1915-1999.)
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Cancer – case studies from Sao-Paulo, Brazil

Manuscripts

Case studies and clinical observations (mostly supplied in translation) of various cancer patients responding to treatment of new drug "Curelemina" developed by Sebastião Corain in São Paulo, Brazil. Includes photographs, x-rays, clinical observations as well as patient testimonials.

mssFunk Collection

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Cancer – case studies from Sao-Paulo, Brazi.l

Manuscripts

Case studies, testimonials, photographs of patients in Salvador, Bahia.

mssFunk Collection

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Pneumonia case studies

Manuscripts

Case studies on pneumonia patients in unnamed hospital examining the adminstration of Sulfathiazole treatment. Names, ages, gender, admission and discharge dates, vital signs and blood test results given.

mssFunk Collection

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Correspondence, 1956-59

Manuscripts

Includes topics: Streptidine, oncontine, ulcer preparations: attempt to license and market F 111 ulcer preparation in US. Patent applications for anti-tumor spleen substance, anti-ulcer medication, combined anti-tumor medication, oral diabetic treatment. Clinical medicatl trials for application of Oncontine and Nitromin for treatment of mycosis fungoides. Clinical trials for "oral diabetic mixture"

mssFunk Collection

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Diabetes – producing a substance from the spleen, clinical application

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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Envelope from Gimbel Brothers to Mrs. Funk, biography

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mssFunk Collection

Cancer – case studies from Sao-Paulo, Brazil

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