Denis Burkitt

A Cancer, the Virus, and the Prevention of Man-Made Diseases

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

AvJohn H. Cummings

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This biography of Dr. Denis Parsons Burkitt, after whom the childhood cancer Burkitt's lymphoma was named, and who was a pioneer of the dietary fiber movement, paints a personal but holistic portrait of both the man and his life's work.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-02-21
Mått155 x 235 x 29 mm
Vikt674 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieSpringer Biographies
Antal sidor417
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783030885656

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Onkologi inom Medicin
Epidemiologi och medicinsk statistik inom Medicin
Tillverkningsteknik inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Biologi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Medicinhistoria inom Medicin

1. For God, the world, and the robin.- 2. Formative years.- 3. Trinity College Dublin: a new direction.- 4. Learning to be a doctor with a faith.- 5. War changes everything.- 6. Doubts and frustrations 1944-1946.- 7. Lira: The start of a great journey.- 8. Mulago 1948-1956: A busy surgeon.- 9. Jaw tumours, Kilimanjaro, and looking down at the world.- 10. It's a Lymphoma.- 11. Establishing ownership of the Lymphoma.- 12. The long safari.- 13. Into orbit.- 14. A cure for Burkitt's Lymphoma.- 15. America.- 16. A virus causing cancer?.- 17. Out of Africa.- 18. "Time and chance happen to all men".- 19. In transition to a new theory.- 20. A "flash of understanding".- 21. The gospel according to Burkitt.- 22. Fibre launched but is controversial.- 23. "Character is more important than cleverness".- 24. Man-made diseases.- 25. Preparing for departure.