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Du traitement curatif des varices par l'obliteration des veines a l'aide d'un point de suture temporaire ... / par Davat.

Des anévrysmes cirsoides / par Félix Terrier.

Varicose veins : their nature, consequences and treatment, palliative and curative / by Henry T. Chapman.

xix, 603 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 22 cm

A treatise on the diseases of arteries and veins, containing the pathology and treatment of aneurisms and wounded arteries / by Joseph Hodgson.

Practical observations on the treatment of ulcers on the legs : considered as a branch of military surgery : to which are added some observations on varicose veins and piles / by Everard Home.

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. 

The material presented in 1995 comprises further 'Safari Diaries', including the 1961 journal, plus accounts and reports of safaris, tours and visits to numerous other countries around the world up to 1979; correspondence with Peter Cleave 1968-1975; correspondence, etc., with millers regarding the refining of flour 1972; further material on the geographical pattern of cancer in tropical Africa, 1960s-1970s; additional photographs of Burkitt's lymphoma; typescript autobiography; typescript biography of E. H. Williams; reprints of Burkitt's published papers; material relating to Burkitt's MRC project on dietary fibre including peptic ulcer questionnaires filled in by hospitals 1974-1975 and file cards, synthesis and analysis of information including published papers (the survey covered countries in Africa and Asia).

There is also a large volume of slides, drawings and artwork (WTI/DPB/C/8) Denis Burkitt used for lectures on diet and disease or which were used in related publications. As this material is currently in an unsorted condition requests for access must be made in writing to Archives and Manuscripts.

31 boxes, 24 oversize items, 5 uncatalogued boxes

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Du traitement curatif des varices par l'obliteration des veines a l'aide d'un point de suture temporaire ... / par Davat.

Des anévrysmes cirsoides / par Félix Terrier.

Varicose veins : their nature, consequences and treatment, palliative and curative / by Henry T. Chapman.

A treatise on the diseases of arteries and veins, containing the pathology and treatment of aneurisms and wounded arteries / by Joseph Hodgson.

Practical observations on the treatment of ulcers on the legs : considered as a branch of military surgery : to which are added some observations on varicose veins and piles / by Everard Home.

Burkitt, Denis Parsons (1911-1993)

Varicose veins : their nature, consequences and treatment, palliative and curative / by Henry T. Chapman.

Les varices / par Louis Beurnier.

Varicose veins : their nature, consequences, and treatment, palliative and curative / by Henry T. Chapman.

Iets over Abu l Kasem en behandeling van varices / door Ali Cohen.

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Du traitement curatif des varices par l'obliteration des veines a l'aide d'un point de suture temporaire ... / par Davat.

Des anévrysmes cirsoides / par Félix Terrier.

Varicose veins : their nature, consequences and treatment, palliative and curative / by Henry T. Chapman.

A treatise on the diseases of arteries and veins, containing the pathology and treatment of aneurisms and wounded arteries / by Joseph Hodgson.

Practical observations on the treatment of ulcers on the legs : considered as a branch of military surgery : to which are added some observations on varicose veins and piles / by Everard Home.

Burkitt, Denis Parsons (1911-1993)

Varicose veins : their nature, consequences and treatment, palliative and curative / by Henry T. Chapman.

Les varices / par Louis Beurnier.

Varicose veins : their nature, consequences, and treatment, palliative and curative / by Henry T. Chapman.

Iets over Abu l Kasem en behandeling van varices / door Ali Cohen.

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