Burkitt : cancer, fiber / by Ethel R. Nelson ; preface by C. Everett Koop.

xii, 236 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, map ; 21 cm

Mr. Burkitt and Africa / Bernard Glemser.

1 encoded moving image (36.29 min.) : sound, black and white

Epidemiology of cancer.

31 boxes, 24 oversize items, 5 uncatalogued boxes

The collection presented by Denis Burkitt in 1988 chiefly consists of material generated through his work at Mulago Hospital and Makerere Medical School, Kampala, Uganda 1948-1964, notably clinical photographs, transparencies and x-rays of a variety of conditions, diseases and deformities; notes re congenital deformities; material relating to his research into Burkitt's lymphoma; diary of his journey mapping the geographical distribution of Burkitt's lymphoma, "Long Safari" Oct-Dec 1961; patient case cards and notes on various conditions; albums containing maps and diagrams, etc., of Africa indicating the distribution of lymphoma and other tropical diseases; writings, articles and other publications by Burkitt; papers relating to his research into the role of diet in the aetiology of Western diseases.

Burkitt, Denis Parsons (1911-1993)

Possible relationships between the African lymphoma and acute leukaemia / by Denis P. Burkitt.

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Burkitt Lymphoma

Works from the collections

Burkitt : cancer, fiber / by Ethel R. Nelson ; preface by C. Everett Koop.

Mr. Burkitt and Africa / Bernard Glemser.

Epidemiology of cancer.

Burkitt, Denis Parsons (1911-1993)

Possible relationships between the African lymphoma and acute leukaemia / by Denis P. Burkitt.

Burkitt Lymphoma

Works from the collections

Burkitt : cancer, fiber / by Ethel R. Nelson ; preface by C. Everett Koop.

Mr. Burkitt and Africa / Bernard Glemser.

Epidemiology of cancer.

Burkitt, Denis Parsons (1911-1993)

Possible relationships between the African lymphoma and acute leukaemia / by Denis P. Burkitt.

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