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"Funk or Hopkins? The father of vitamins"


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    "Funk or Hopkins? The father of vitamins"

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    Clippings of obituaries for Sir Frederick G. Hopkins (1867-1947) crediting him as "father of vitamins"; Correspondence questioning this attribution. Copy of "Gowland Hopkins" by Ernest Baldwin [undated] a tribute to Hopkins. Copy of Voeding : Netherlands Journal of Nutrition, 20:8 (August 15, 1959)

    mssFunk Collection

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    "Funk's 50th Anniversary" by Benjamin Harrow, reproduction, p. 1-25

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    Photocopies of Funk's 1944 Autobiography ("April 1944. Augmented version"). With a cover sheet titled: "Funk's 5th Anniversary by Prof. Benjamin Harrow, as reproduced, as well as possible from d[e]sintegrated paper MS. 1944". The text of this reproduction differs somewhat from the original copies (March 1944 version) in Box. 1

    mssFunk Collection

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    Vitamins

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    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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    Series 1. Biographical Information and Primary Works

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    This series contains: Autobiographical and biographical works on Funk, including drafts of "Casimir Funk, Pioneer in Vitamins and Hormones" by Benjamin Harrow. (see folders 13-27) Series includes drafts and essays of some Funk's published works.

    mssFunk Collection

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    Biography endnotes

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    Typescript of Endnotes for the Biography of Funk by Benjamin Harrow; Offprint of article "History of the Discovery of Vitamins" April 10, 1936

    mssFunk Collection

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    "Funk's 50th Anniversary" by Benjamin Harrow, reproduction, p. 126-150

    Manuscripts

    Photocopies of Funk's 1944 Autobiography ("April 1944. Augmented version").

    mssFunk Collection