Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) 
 
   SERIES TITLE     Patient Medical Records  
 
  INCLUSIVE DATES   1936 1983 
 
  ARRANGEMENT  Disease name; thereunder alphabetical by patient 
               name 
 
  VOLUME       149 cubic feet 
 
  DESCRIPTION  This series documents treatment of patients at the 
               Donner Laboratory. Records  consist of information 
               and patient history forms, blood counts, 
               urinalyses, correspondence with referring doctors 
               and with patients, photographs, graphs, 
               electrocardiographs, tomographic scans, notes, 
               isotope therapy records, daily observations, and  
               lists of dosages; in some cases consent forms are 
               also present. Diseases documented include 
               Hodgkin's disease, lymphatic leukemia, multiple 
               myeloma, polycythemia rubra vera, thyroid 
               problems, and acromegaly.  Most pre-1950s cases 
               appear to  have involved John H. Lawrence. Cases 
               from 1950 and beyond involved other researchers at 
               Donner Laboratory; Lawrence continued to oversee 
               patient cases  through the 1960s, when cases were 
               seen by John A. Linfoot. Some records pertain  to 
               experimental work with radioactivity, and document 
               treatment with x rays, radioactive phosphorus and 
               strontium, iron, and radioactive yttrium for 
               above-mentioned  diseases. An index of diseases 
               and cartons in which they are found is available.  
 
  RESTRICTIONS      This series contains privacy material. 
 
  LOCATION OF  RECORDS 
               Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory  
               Archives and Records Office 
               Berkeley, CA 94720 
 
               Federal Records Center  
               1000 Commodore Drive 
               San Bruno, CA 94066