Thomas C. Chalmers papers, 1927-1955.

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Thomas C. Chalmers papers, 1927-1955.

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Research files, teaching materials, correspondence, publications, conference packets and notes, audiovisuals, and personal material document the life and medical career of Thomas C. Chalmers. Materials cover his career from Harvard Medical School to his final work with MetaWorks, Inc. The majority of the collection consists of subject files containing reports, articles, correspondence, and notes concerning his research interest in the methodology of clinical trials; meta-analysis; clinical gastroenterology and cardiology; and geriatrics. There also exists a small percentage of teaching materials in the subject files from Chalmers' various positions as lecturer and professor of medicine. The bulk of the collection spans the years 1951-1953 and 1970-1995. Of significant interest in Series IV: Subject Files, is the material in the Linus Pauling and Vitamin C folders which contain information on Chalmers' debate with Pauling over the efficacy of Vitamin C as a cure for the common cold. Series V: Hepatitis Study, Kyoto, Japan is also significant for its documentation of Chalmers' 1951 to 1953 hepatitis study. Chalmers later used this study to disprove the common belief that long periods of bed rest were beneficial to those suffering from acute infectious hepatitis.

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