Collection of material about Charles Huggins and correspondence with Elmer Belt and Willard E. Goodwin., 1946-1985

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Collection of material about Charles Huggins and correspondence with Elmer Belt and Willard E. Goodwin., 1946-1985

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Correspondence with and subject files from the offices of Los Angeles urologists Elmer Belt (1893-1980) and Willard E. Goodwin (1915-1998), pertaining to Canadian oncologist Charles Brenton Huggins (1901-1997). Huggins shared the 1966 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries concerning hormonal treatment of prostatic cancer. Goodwin's files range from 1946-1948 and 1966-1985; Belt's files span 1956-1977. Also: Audiocassette tape labeled "Nobel Prize winner Charles Huggins on his discovery of orchiectomy for prost. cancer".

1 box (0.5 linear ft.)

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University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections Division

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Goodwin, Willard E., 1915-1998

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Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet (1849-1919) has been called the Father of Modern Medicine and his influence on medical education and practice is still huge. He was a person of great charm, energy, and wide intellectual interests, who excelled as physician, teacher, bibliophile, and author. Canadian born, he received an M.D. from McGill University, Montreal, and taught there for 10 years. His career continued as Chair of Clinical Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, then first...

Huggins, Charles, 1901-1997

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Belt, Elmer, 1893-1980

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George Washington Corner worked as an anatomist, endocrinologist, and medical historian. From the guide to the George Washington Corner papers, 1889-1981, 1903-1982, (American Philosophical Society) Biographical Note Elmer Belt, M.D. (1893-1980), was a Los Angeles area urologist, bibliophile, and humanist who was instrumental in the founding of the School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). An avid ...