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Cancer--Treatment--History

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

National Cancer Legislation Advisory Committee Records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2002.N213
Scope and Contents

The collection includes a report to the President and U.S. Senate by the National Cancer Legislation Advisory Committee titled, Conquering Cancer: A National Plan to Eradicate Cancer in our Lifetime. It also includes: transcripts and summaries from board meetings, committee meetings, and round-table discussions; transcripts of testimonies of committee members before the U. S. Senate; and transcripts and summaries of expert interviews with medical professionals.

Dates: 1998-2001

Matthew Thomson Journal

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ap38 Oversize
Scope and Contents Journal, 1820-1858, of Matthew Thomson, Sheriff and Justice of the Peace of Clark County, Ky. and his son Sanford Thomson. Entries concern the records of sheriff and justice of the peace; genealogical information concerning the Thomson, Whaley, Bigger, Haynie, Wilkerson, Daniel and Hay families; weather reports and record that an earthquake occurred 15 July 1824; land surveys; remedies for cancer, dropsy and scurvy; lists of slaves and their children with birth dates; marriage, birth and...
Dates: 1773-1839