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Medical literature on tumors and cancer collected by Arthur Purdy Stout, director of the surgical pathology laboratory of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center (1928-1951) and professor of pathology and surgery at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
History and Biography
Arthur Purdy Stout was educated at Yale (A.B., 1907) and the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons (M.D., 1912). He was Director of the Surgical Pathology Laboratory, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, 1928-1951. He also served as professor of pathology and surgery at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. For more information see the biographical note in the finding aid to his personal papers.
Organization
Organized by body part, thereafter in rough chronological order.
Each volume contains a typewritten index to its contents.
Medical literature on tumors and cancer collected by Arthur Purdy Stout, director of the surgical pathology laboratory of the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center (1928-1951) and professor of pathology and surgery at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
The majority of the material is from medical journals, but there are a few monographs included. Most of the articles are in English and from US publications, but there are also items in French, German, Spanish and other languages.
| Box | Contents | # of Volumes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tumors of the Soft Parts | 1-9 (of 13) |
| 2 | Tumors of the Soft Parts | 10-13 (of 13) |
| Tumors of the Eye and Orbit | 1-3 | |
| Tumors of the Small Intestine | 1-3 | |
| 3 | Tumors of the Stomach | 1-13 |
| 4 | Tumors of the Lymph Nodes, Spleen, & Blood | 1-4 |
| Tumors of the Colon, Rectum & Anus | 1-3 | |
| Tumors of the Pancreas, Liver, & Biliary System | 1 (of 4) | |
| 5 | Tumors of Pancreas, Liver, & Biliary System | 2-4 (of 4) |
| Tumors of the Breast | 1-5 (of 10) | |
| 6 | Tumors of the Breast | 6-10 (of 10) |
| Tumors of the Ovary | 1-3 (of 5) | |
| 7 | Tumors of the Ovary | 4-5 (of 5) |
| Tumors of the Thyroid, Thymus & Parathyroid | 1-5 | |
| 8 | Tumors of the Bone | 1-9 |
| 9 | Tumors of the Lung, Pleura, & Mediastinum | 1-9 (of 13) |
| 10 | Tumors of the Lung, Pleura & Mediastinum | 10-13 (of 13) |
| Tumors of the Testes, Cord and Penis | 1-4 | |
| Tumors of Ureter, Bladder, Kidney & Prostate | 1 (of 5) | |
| 11 | Tumors of Ureter, Bladder, Kidney & Prostate | 2-5 (of 5) |
| Tumors of Peripheral Nerves & Nervous System | 1-5 | |
| 12 | Cutaneous Pigmentation & Melanoma | 1-4 |
| Tumors of the Central Nervous System | 1-5 | |
| 13 | Tumors of the Uterus, Broad Ligament & Uterine Tube | 1-6 |
| Tumors of the Sacrococcygeal Region & Notochord | 1-2 | |
| 14 | Tumors of the Skin | 1-6 |
| Tumors of the Esophagus | 1-2 | |
| 15 | Cancer: Experimental, Incidence, Multiple | 1-2 |
| Tumors of the Nasal Cavity, Sinuses, Pharynx & Larynx | 1-5 | |
| Tumors of the Suprarenal | 1-2 | |
| 16 | Tumors of the Oral Cavity, Jaws & Salivary Glands (v. 1 entitled "oral cavity and lower lip") | 1-5 |
| Tumors of the Retroperitoneum, Mesentery & Peritoneum | 1-2 | |
| Tumors of the Heart | 1 | |
| Cancer: Diagnosis, Incidence, Metastasis | 1 | |
| 17 | Cancer: Etiology, Prevention and Treatment | 1 |
| Tumors of the Vulva, Vagina & Female Urethra | 1 | |
| Neoplasms: Appendix, Bone, Breast, Skin | 1 | |
| Histology & Pathology of Peripheral Nerves | 1 | |
| The Treatment of Cancer, Lenz & Haagensen (from Nelson's Loose Leaf Surgery) | 1 | |
| Les Cancers du Sein, Delbet & Mendaro (Paris, 1927) | 1 |
Subject Headings and Related Records
Administrative Information
Most volumes have Stout's ownership stamp on the front free flyleaf. Since the stamp lists Stout's work address, these were likely used as a reference tool in the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center's Surgical Pathology Laboratory. Specific accession information on the collection does not exist, but it probably came with Stout's personal papers, which were acquired in 1985-1988.