Humber, John Davis, 1895-1991

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John Davis Humber was an alumnus of Wake Forest College (1917) and medical doctor. He grew up in Greenville, N.C. He served as an Assistant in Anatomy at Wake Forest College, 1916-1917; as Superintendent of Southern Pacific General Hospital, San Francisco, 1927-1938; as a specialist in cancer research; and as co-founder of the Coffey-Humber treatment for cancer.
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creatorOf [Coffey-Humber cancer research clipping scrapbook : 1930-1931]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf John Davis Humber Oral History Interview, October 25, 1983 East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library
creatorOf Humber, John Davis. John Davis Humber Papers, 1930-1937 Wake Forest University - ZSR Library, Z. Smith Reynolds Library
creatorOf [Selected articles by and about John D. Humber and Walter B. Coffey and their cancer research]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Death 1991-05-20

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