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

DedicationAbbreviationsPreface1. For God, the world and the robin.2. Formative years3. Trinity College Dublin; a new direction4. Learning to be a doctor with a faith5. War changes everything6. Doubts and frustrations 1944-19467. Lira. The start of a great journey8. Mulago 1948 - 1956; A busy surgeon.9. Jaw Tumours, Kilimanjaro and looking down at the world10. It's a Lymphoma11. Establishing ownership of the Lymphoma12. The long safari13. Into orbit14. A cure for Burkitt's Lymphoma15. America16. A virus causing cancer?17. Out of Africa18. 'Time and chance happen to all men'19. In transition to a new theory. 20. A 'flash of understanding'21. The gospel according to Burkitt22. Fibre launched but is controversial.23. 'Character is more important than cleverness.'24. Man-made Diseases25. Preparing for departure

Appendix 1. Curriculum vitae.

Appendix 2. Timeline; the life of Denis Parsons Burkitt.

Appendix 3. Publications of Burkitt DP.

Part 1. Books written or edited by DPB.

Part 2. Original papers in scientific journals, chapters in books, symposium proceedings and letters of substance.

Part 3. Other writing.

Appendix 4. Books and papers about Denis Burkitt and his work, biographical memoires, tributes, principal obituaries.

Part 1. Books.

Part 2. Papers in medical and scientific journals/chapters in books

Part 3. Biographical memoires

Part 4. Tributes and other articles

Part 5. Principal Obituaries

Author: John H. Cummings
Publisher: Springer
Published: 02/20/2022
Pages: 417
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.74lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9783030885625
ISBN10: 3030885623
BISAC Categories:
- Medical | History
- Medical | Immunology
- Medical | Epidemiology

About the Author

Professor John H. Cummings, OBE, MA, MSc, MB, ChB, PhD (Hon), FRCP (London and Edinburgh), RNutr., is Emeritus Professor of Experimental Gastroenterology, University of Dundee, School of Medicine.

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