Overview of the Collection
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Bouroncle, Bertha A.
Bertha A. Bouroncle, MD Papers
8.0 linear feet
The Bertha A. Bouroncle, MD Papers (8 linear feet) primarily contains awards, certificates and publications related to her career in hematology.
SPEC.201505.BOURONCLE
The records are in English
English and Spanish
1946-1999
Biography
Bertha A. Bouroncle Pereny (September 10, 1919 – August 16, 2013) was born in Trujillo, Peru. Her parents were the Harvard-educated Dr. Luis H. Bouroncle and Carmela Bouroncle Gonzalez-Quint. She was the fourth of five children, Luis, Consuelo, Maruja and Antonio.
Bouroncle spent most of her life and career as a Professor of Medicine at The Ohio State University (OSU). Before moving to Columbus, she graduated at the top of her class from the San Marcos Medical School in Peru. Bouroncle became a world-renowned medical researcher, a beloved teacher to thousands of medical students, having been named Professor of the Year multiple times and the first woman chief resident and the first female full professor of medicine in Ohio.
Her biggest accomplishment as a researcher was the identification of a formerly fatal type of leukemia known as hairy cell, now mostly treatable thanks to her lifetime efforts and the efforts of her disciples that are continuing her dream of finding a cure to all cancers. In addition to her research, she also was the ultimate patient advocate and a consummate teacher. Upon her retirement in 1989, OSU created the so-called "Bertha Bouroncle Day" to honor bright students and young researchers in medicine.
Bouroncle has given back to the community in her lifetime by creating the Bertha Bouroncle and Andrew Pereny Chair of Medicine to fund in perpetuity an endowed professorship in Medicine at the Ohio State University College of Medicine.
Bouroncle was preceded in death by her husband, the well-known industrialist Andrew Pereny (1908-1983).
Scope and Content
The Bertha A. Bouroncle, MD Papers (8 linear feet) primarily contains awards, certificates and publications related to her career in hematology.
Statement of Arrangement
This collection is arranged in three series:
- Series I: Oversized and Awards
- Series II: Professional
- Series III: Research
Series I: Oversized and Awards (6 boxes) contains awards, plaques and certificates. This series is arranged by item.
Series II: Professional (1 box) contains information related to Bouroncle’s work. This series is arranged alphabetically.
Series III: Research (1 box) contains reprints of articles written by Bouroncle. This series is arranged by date.
Restrictions on Access
The collection is open to the public and is available for viewing in the Medical
Heritage Center. Materials do not circulate and must be used in the supervised
reading room. Restrictions, including copyright, may exist and some materials may be
too fragile to photocopy or digitize. The MHC charges for duplication services,
which must be performed by staff.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Bertha A. Bouroncle, MD Papers,
SPEC.201505.BOURONCLE, Medical Heritage Center, Health Sciences Library,
The Ohio State University.
Detailed Description of The Collection
Series I: Oversized and Awards
1948-1999
1
1
Framed Certificate (in Latin): Ioannes Pavlus II Pont. Maximvs, Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice
15 December 1999
1
2
Framed Certificate (in Spanish): Peru Medical License
1948
2
1
Framed Certificate with Coin Medallion: Ohio State University Department of Internal Medicine, Special Recognition Award
1986
2
2
Framed Certificate (in Spanish): Peruvian Society of Hematology, Member Certificate
1965
2
3
Plaque: OSU College of Medicine, Professor of the Year
1979
3
1
Framed Certificate: Pilot International, Outstanding Career Woman of the Year
1970
3
2
Framed Certificate: Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, elected to membership
1973
3
3
Framed Certificate: OSU College of Medicine, Research Fellow in Hematology 1949-1952
1952
4
1
Framed Certificate: OSU Presidents Club Election
undated
4
2
Framed Certificate: OSU Merit Teaching Award
1978
4
3
Framed Certificate: OSU Hospitals, Chief Resident in Medicine
1954
4
4
Framed Certificate: OSU College of Medicine, Outstanding Teaching Award
1976
4
5
Framed Certificate: International Society of Hematology, Fellow
1952
4
6
Framed Certificate: American College of Physicians, Fellow
1964
4
7
Framed Certificate: New York Academy of Sciences, Active Member
1957
4
8
Framed Certificate: Ohio Academy of Science, Elected Member in 1951, Elected Fellow in 1963
1963
4
9
Framed Certificate: OSU College of Medicine, Teaching Award
1974
4
10
Framed Certificate: Sigma Xi, Elected Member of OSU Chapter
1949
4
11
Framed Certificate: OSU Mortar Board, Elected Member
1965
4
12
Framed Certificate: American Association for the Advancement of Science, Certificate of Membership
1948
5
1
Certificate in Red Holder: American Medical Women’s Association, Gender Equity Award
1996
5
2
Plaque: OSU College of Medicine, Outstanding Teaching Award
1998
5
3
Plaque: OSU College of Medicine, Teacher of the Year
1983-1984
5
4
Plaque: OSU College of Medicine, Teaching Award
1988-1989
5
5
Plaque: OSU College of Medicine, Teaching Award
1986
5
6
Plaque: The Donald V. Unverferth Award
1990
5
7
Plaque: Phi Lambda Theta, recognition of contributions to the field of medicine
1994
5
8
Plaque: Leukemia Society of America, Member
undated
5
9
Plaque: Leukemia Society of America, Appreciation for Service
1986
5
10
Plaque: State of Ohio Commission on Spanish-Speaking Affairs, recognized for Distinguished Hispanic Ohioan
1991
5
11
Plaque: OSU College of Medicine, Excellence in the Training of Medical Students
1975
5
12
Plaque: OSU College of Medicine, Excellence in the Training of Medical Students
1977
5
13
Plaque: Alfred J. Wright Award
1965
6
1
Crystal Award: Ohio State Medical Association, 50 Year Award
undated
Series II: Professional
1953-1999
7
1
Brochures for the Bertha A. Bouroncle Symposium
1991, 1997
7
2
Correspondence
1950s
7
3
Photograph of Bouroncle
1953
7
4
Program for Awards Convocation
1998
7
5
Program for the Earl N. Metz Distinguished Physician Award
1999
Series III: Research
1946-1991
8
1
Reprint: Hepatitis en el Curso de la Bartonelosis Humana
1946
8
2
Reprint: Eosinofilia Tropical y Sindrome de Loeffler
1947
8
3
Reprint: Studies on the Survival of Transfused Erythrocytes in Hereditary Spherocytosis and Acquired Hemolytic Anemia
1950
8
4
Reprint: Direct Splenic Arterial and Venous Blood Studies in the Hypersplenic Syndromes Before and After Epinephrine
1951
8
5
Reprint: Some Cyto-Immunologic Aspects of the Hypersplenic Syndromes
1950
8
6
Reprint: Studies of Hemagglutinins in Hereditary Spherocytosis and in Acquired Hemolytic Anemia; Their Relationship to the Hypersplenic Mechanism
1951
8
7
Reprint: A Study of Cold Hemagglutinins for Normal and Trypsinized Red Blood Cells in the Serum of Normal Individuals and of Hemolytic Anemias
1951
8
8
Reprint: The Treatment of Polycythemia Vera with Radioactive Phosphorus
1951
8
9
Reprint: One Year Evaluation of 6-Mercaptopurine in the Treatment of Leukemia
1954
8
10
Reprint: An Evaluation of the Preservation of Human Blood Stored in the Experimental Plastic Containers
1953
8
11
Reprint: The Immunologic Specificity of Antiserum for Trypsin-Treated Red Blood Cells and Its Reactions with Normal and Hemolytic Anemia Cells
1953
8
12
Reprint: Nature of Virus-Like Structures in Red Cells of Patients with Hodgkin’s Disease (21634)
1955
8
13
Reprint: Production of Isohemagglutinins in Rabbits for the Determination of Normal Erythrocyte Survival by Differential Hemagglutination
1955
8
14
Reprint: Electron Microscopy of Lymph Nodes of Patients with Hodgkin's Disease and Allied Disorders
1956
8
15
Reprint: Evaluation of CB 1348 in Hodgkin's Disease and Allied Disorders
1956
8
16
Reprint: Studies on the Specificity of Autoantibodies in Acquired Hemolytic Anemia
1956
8
17
Reprint: "Periodic Fever" Occurrence in Five Generation
1957
8
18
Reprint: Clinical Evaluation of CB 1348 in Leukemias and Lymphomas
1958
8
19
Reprint: The Coincidence of Sickle Cell Trait and Pernicious Anemia (Report of a Case)
1958
8
20
Reprint: Considerazioni su cinque casi di morbo di Cooley e uno di malattia talasso-drepanoeitica sottoposti a splenectomia
1958
8
21
Reprint: Cytology of the Sternberg-Reed Cell as Revealed by the Electron Microscope
1958
8
22
Reprint: The Human Spleen and the RES
1958
8
23
Reprint: Evaluation of the Effect of Massive Prednisolone Therapy in Acute Leukemia
1959
8
24
Reprint: Neurologic Complications of Leukemias and Lymphonas
1959
8
25
Reprint: Studies on the Antibody Response in Splenectomized Persons
1959
8
26
Reprint: Idiopathic and Secondary Thrombocytopenic Purpura: Clinical Study and Evaluation of 381 Cases Over a Period of 28 Years
1960
8
27
Reprint: Spontaneous Perforation of the Esophagus in Hodgkin's Disease
1960
8
28
Reprint: Antibody Response in Hematologic Patients (26432)
1961
8
29
Reprint: Myelofibrosis Clinical, Hematologic and Pathologic of 110 Patients
1962
8
30
Reprint: Pathogenesis of Jaundice in Hodgkin's Disease
1962
8
31
Reprint: Cooley's Anemia: Indications for Splenectomy
1964
8
32
Reprint: Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia Report of Three Patients Treated with Cyclophosphamide
1964
8
33
Reprint: Familial Crisis in Hereditary Spherocytosis: Report of 5 Cases and 2 Families
1965
8
34
Reprint: Megaloblastic Crisis in Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria
1965
8
35
Reprint: Preservation of Living Cells at -79°C with Dimethyl Sulfoxide (30348)
1965
8
36
Reprint: Refractory Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Treated with Azathioprine
1966
8
37
Reprint: Sternberg-Reed Cells in the Peripheal Blood of Patients with Hodgkin's Disease
1966
8
38
Reprint: Hyperdiploidy in a Patient with Di Guglielmo’s Syndrome
1967
8
39
Reprint: Preservation of Human Normal and Leukemic Cells with Dimethyl Sulfoxide at -80°C
1967
8
40
Reprint: The Size and Transit Time of Nondiving Subpool of Precursor Cells in Acute Leukemia
1967
8
41
Reprint: Treatment of Wegener’s Granulomatosis with Imuran
1967
8
42
Reprint: Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) and Polyvinilpyrrolidone (PVP) in Preservation of Human Normal and Leukemic Cells at -80°C
1968
8
43
Reprint: Unusual Chromosonal Findings in a Case of Myelofibrosis
1968
8
44
Reprint: Studies of the Delayed Response of Phytohemagglutinin (PHA) Stimulated Lymphocytes in 25 Chronic Lymphatic Leukemia Patients Before and During Therapy
1969
8
45
Reprint: Treatment of Refractory Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
1969
8
46
Reprint: The Ultrastructure of Phytohemagglutinin (PHA) Stimulated Lymphocytes of Chronic Lymphatic Leukemia
1969
8
47
Reprint: Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of Dimethyl Sulfoxide and Polyvinylpyrrolidone in the Preservation of Human Leukemic Blood Cells at -80°C
1970
8
48
Reprint: Replication of Herpes Simplex Virus in Cultures of Phytohemagglutinin – Stimulated Human Lymphocytes
1970
8
49
Reprint: A Randomized Trial of Cisplatin, Vinblastine, and Bleomycin Versus Vinblastine, Cisplatin, and Etoposide in the Treatment of Advanced Germ Cell Tumors of the Testis: A Southwest Oncology Group Study
1991
8
50
Reprint: Hypersplenic Cytopenic Syndromes: A 25 Year Experience with Special Reference to Splenectomy
undated
8
51
Reprint: Myelofibrosis and Myeloid Metaplasia
undated
8
52
Reprint: Spontaneous Perforation of the Esophagus in Hodgkin’s Disease: Report of Three Cases and Literature Review
undated
8
53
Reprint: Studies on the Specificity of Autoantibodies in Acquired Hemolytic Anemia
undated