Louis S. Goodman audio-visual collection

Collection

Identifier: A0310

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Louis S. Goodman Audio Visual Collection (1968-1980) consists of video and audio tapes relating to the personal life and scientific career of University of Utah pharmacologist Dr. Louis S. Goodman, a pioneer of anticancer chemotherapy.

Dates

1968-1980

Creator

Goodman, Louis S. (Louis Sanford), 1906-2000 (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Materials must be used on-site; no use of original material, access copies will be made available for viewing. Five business days advanced notice required. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law, condition of the material, or by donor.

Biographical Note

Louis S. Goodman (1906-2000) was born August 27 in Portland, Oregon. He graduated from Reed College in 1928, earned his medical degree at the University of Oregon in 1932 and interned at Johns Hopkins Hospital before moving to Yale University to study and later teach pharmacology. During World War II, while investigating chemical warfare, Goodman and fellow Yale scientist Dr. Alfred Gilman discovered the effectiveness of nitrogen mustard as an anticancer chemotherapy, a breakthrough which led to chemotherapy's role as a major cancer treatment.

In 1943, Goodman left Yale for the University of Vermont, and, in 1944 he moved to Salt Lake City to become the founding chairman of the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Utah's School of Medicine. There, he supervised experiments in anesthesia with the paralyzing muscle relaxant, curare, once used by South American Indians as poison.

A particular authority on drugs for treating both cancer and epileptic seizures, Goodman created the journal, Pharmacological Reviews for the American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics in 1949 and co-authored the seminal textbook, Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, first published in 1941 and now well in to its tenth edition. He retired from the Department of Pharmacology in 1971 and passed away 19 November 2000 at the age of ninety-four.

Extent

164 Items

Additional Description

Abstract

The Louis S. Goodman audio-visual collection (1968-1980) consists of video and audio tapes relating to the personal life and scientific career of University of Utah pharmacologist Dr. Louis S. Goodman, a pioneer of anticancer chemotherapy.