nowell

H.W. Nowell (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• swanq said:

  An H.W. Nowell was a pathologist and bacteriologist at the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital 1911-1914 and was elected to the American Public Health Association on April 20, 1917 American Journal of Public Health, 1917; Vol 7: p 523 www.ajph.org/cgi/reprint/7/5/523.pdf

• swanq said:

  The Book of Boston, page 305, books.google.com/books?id=-YR5aY_o5ygC&pg=PA305&l... has a brief biography, and a picture which could be of the same guy, Howard W. Nowell. In 1913 he published a report on research into cancer. He was in the news for the cancer work in Spring 1913: query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B06EFD81139E633A... query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C01E1D7173FE633A... query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E07E4DF163DE633A...

• Richard Norton said:

  I started an entry for him in Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Wilbert_Nowell Howard Wilbert Nowell (May 16, 1872 - 1940), was instructor in pathology at Boston University, and a pioneer cancer researcher. He had an early incorrect hypothesis for the cause of cancer, and an early treatment involving a serum derived from rabbits, that was touted as effective, but didn't survive rigorous testing. He was born in Merrimacport, Massachusetts on May 16, 1872. He graduated from Lyndon College, and the following year took a course at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. He studied medicine at Boston University, and he graduated in 1911. He became an instructor of pathology at Boston University School of Medicine from 1911 to 1913, and professor at the same institution 1913 to 1915. He was pathologist at the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital 1911 to 1913 and special pathologist for the Evans Memorial for Preventive Medicine and Clinical Research. In 1913 he published a report of research work on cancer

• Kristi (LOC P&P) said:

  Thank you to all for the details on Mr. Nowell. We will expand the description when we update.