William C. Dolowy Veterinarian Medicine Collection
name: label: Creator
content: Dolowy, William C. (veterinarian)
label: Names
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Agriculture
label: Names
content: Ammeraal, Robert
label: Names
content: Brown, E.
label: Names
content: Cornet, J.
label: Names
content: Hensen, D.
label: Names
content: Schrek, R.
label: Names
content: Sellin, H.
place: label: Place
content: Mercer Island (Washington)
label: Place
content: Washington (State)
topic: label: Topic
content: Veterinarians
label: Topic
content: Veterinary medicine
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Collection donated by Dr. William C. Dolowy, August 20, 1992.
creator: label: Creator
content: Dolowy, William C. (veterinarian)
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content: William C. Dolowy Veterinarian Medicine Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: The collection documents Dr. William C. Dolowy, a veterinarian, whose animal research on the drug L'Asparaginase in the 1960's is illustrative of the role of veterinary medicine in human health.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Dr. William C. Dolowy is a veterinarian in private practice on Mercer Island in Washington state whose animal research on the drug L'Asparaginase in the 1960's is illustrative of the role of veterinary medicine in human health. The drug has become an important chemotherapy for human leukemia. Before the use of L'Asparaginase in the treatment of human acute Lymphoblastic leukemia only 3 percent of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia survived. With the use of L'Asparaginase together with the standard medication, 95% of the such children go into remission within a month and up to 80% survive.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Cubic feet (2 boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1960-1991
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Agriculture to the Archives Center.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0459
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Diaries
label: Type
content: Reprints
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into two series. 

Series 1: Materials Relating to Research on L'Asparaginase, 1966-1968, 1991

Series 2: Laboratory Research Notebooks Relating to Publications, 1966-1968
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by Grace Angle, 1992
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Diaries
label: Genre/Form
content: Reprints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection includes xerographic copies of four articles on L'Asparaginase and fourteen laboratory notebooks of research data relating to these articles.

It also includes excerpts from a diary kept by Robert Ammeraal, a co-worker at the time, several photographs taken at the time, and a letter from Robert Ammeraal to Dr. Dolowy dated August 28, 1991.