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Arthur Meyer Yudkin papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1342

Scope and Contents

Professional papers of opthalmologist Arthur Meyer Yudkin, which includes correspondence with physicians, professors, patients, and other individuals, 1917-1942, as well as papers relating to Yudkin's "Lemon Juice Discovery" in 1939, in which he offered vitamins as a therapeutic measure for the treatment and prevention of ocular diseases.

Correspondents include ophthalmologist Percy H. Fridenberg, ophthalmologist Joseph Igersheimer, biochemist Lafayette B. Mendel, ophthalmologist Mark J. Schoenberg, and diabetes specialist William C. Stadie, as well as the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Connecticut Board of Education for the Blind, Connecticut School for the Blind (later known as Oak Hill School), and National Society for the Prevention of Blindness.

Dates

  • 1917-1942

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred from the Yale University Historical Medical Library, 1980.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by correspondent, followed by papers.

Extent

0.63 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1342

Abstract

Professional papers of opthalmologist Arthur Meyer Yudkin, which includes correspondence with physicians, professors, patients, and other individuals, 1917-1942, as well as papers relating to Yudkin's "Lemon Juice Discovery" in 1939, in which he offered vitamins as a therapeutic measure for the treatment and prevention of ocular diseases.

Correspondents include ophthalmologist Percy H. Fridenberg, ophthalmologist Joseph Igersheimer, biochemist Lafayette B. Mendel, ophthalmologist Mark J. Schoenberg, and diabetes specialist William C. Stadie, as well as the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Connecticut Board of Education for the Blind, Connecticut School for the Blind (later known as Oak Hill School), and National Society for the Prevention of Blindness.

Arthur Meyer Yudkin (1892-1957)

Arthur Meyer Yudkin was born on December 31, 1892, in Ansonia, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale Sheffield Scientific School in 1914 and Yale School of Medicine in 1917. In 1925, he was hired onto the faculty of Yale School of Medicine. A specialist in ophthalmology, he was a president and founder of the New York Society for Clinical Ophthalmology. He died of a heart attack on May 2, 1957.

Processing Information

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This finding aid was revised in 2023.

Title
Guide to the Arthur Meyer Yudkin Papers
Status
Completed
Author
compiled by Staff of Manuscripts and Archives
Date
January 2004, updated April 2023
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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