A. T. Brand

Alexander Theodore Brand
Alexander Theodore Brand
Born	1852; Chicago
Died	23 June 1934 (aged 81–82)
Occupation(s)	Physician, cancer researcher

The printable version is no longer supported and may have rendering errors. Please update your browser bookmarks and please use the default browser print function instead.

Alexander Theodore Brand (1852 – 23 June 1934) was a British physician and cancer researcher.

Brand was born in Chicago of Scottish parentage.^[1] He graduated M.B, C.M. with honours from Aberdeen University in 1881. He started medical practice in Driffield in 1882 and obtained his M.D. in 1884.^[1] Brand practiced medicine for forty-five years, he retired in 1927. He was a member of the British Medical Association for over fifty years.^[1] He was President of the East Yorks and North Lincolnshire Branch during 1902–1903. Brand was a major in the Royal Army Medical Corps and commanded the No. 2 East Yorks Field Ambulance.^[1]

Brand took interest in studying the origin of cancer and promoted an infectious theory of cancer due to an undiscovered microorganism.^[1]^[2] He authored the book Cancer: Its Cause, Treatment and Prevention, in 1922 and often debated the origin of cancer with other physicians who disputed his theory in the British Medical Journal.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Selected publications

A Contribution to the Aetiology of Cancer (1902)
The Etiology of Cancer (1902)
The Exogenesis of Cancer (1903)
Some Remarks on the Infectivity of Cancer (1907)
Cancer: Its Cause, Treatment and Prevention (1922)
Prevention of Cancer (1923)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Alexander Theodore Brand, M.D". The British Medical Journal. 2 (3836): 93–94. 1934. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.3836.93-b. PMC 2444902. PMID 20778402.
^ "Reviewed Work: Cancer: Its Cause, Treatment, And Prevention by Alex. Theodore Brand". The British Medical Journal. 1 (3244): 383. 1923.
^ Brand, A. T; Brock, Arthur J; Kennedy, Wm. P; Haig, Alexander (1911). "The Nature And Origin Of Cancer". The British Medical Journal. 2 (2660): 1677–1678. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.2660.1677. S2CID 71737140.
^ Smith, Arthur B; Smith, Sydney M; Brand, A. T. (1924). "The Causation Of Cancer". The British Medical Journal. 1 (3312): 1113–1114. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.3312.1113-c. S2CID 72117528.
^ Leitch, Archibald (1924). "The Causation Of Cancer". The British Medical Journal. 2 (3315): 81. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.3315.81-a. JSTOR 20437243. S2CID 72006260.

[Obituary-1] "Alexander Theodore Brand, M.D". The British Medical Journal. 2 (3836): 93–94. 1934. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.3836.93-b. PMC 2444902. PMID 20778402.

[2] "Reviewed Work: Cancer: Its Cause, Treatment, And Prevention by Alex. Theodore Brand". The British Medical Journal. 1 (3244): 383. 1923.

[3] Brand, A. T; Brock, Arthur J; Kennedy, Wm. P; Haig, Alexander (1911). "The Nature And Origin Of Cancer". The British Medical Journal. 2 (2660): 1677–1678. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.2660.1677. S2CID 71737140.

[4] Smith, Arthur B; Smith, Sydney M; Brand, A. T. (1924). "The Causation Of Cancer". The British Medical Journal. 1 (3312): 1113–1114. doi:10.1136/bmj.1.3312.1113-c. S2CID 72117528.

[5] Leitch, Archibald (1924). "The Causation Of Cancer". The British Medical Journal. 2 (3315): 81. doi:10.1136/bmj.2.3315.81-a. JSTOR 20437243. S2CID 72006260.

[1]