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Dr. Michael Somogyi Collection
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Dr. Michael Somogyi was a Hungarian-American clinical chemist. Somogyi was in born in Zsámánd, Austria-Hungary (now part of Heiligenbrun, Austria) in 1883. At the age of 16, he enrolled in the University of Budapest and received a degree in Chemical Engineering. After spending some time at the University of Budapest as a graduate assistant in biochemistry, he immigrated to the United States. From 1906 to 1908 he was an assistant in biochemistry at Cornell University.
Somogyi returned to Hungary in 1908 where he became head of the Municipal Laboratory at Budapest. In 1914, he earned his Ph.D. at the University of Budapest after writing his dissertation on catalytic hydrogenation. After World War I, the politically unstable situation in his homeland led him to return to the United States. In 1922, he took a job as an instructor in biochemistry at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
While at Washington University, Somogyi worked with future Nobel prize recipient Edward Adelbert Doisy Sr. and Philip A. Shaffer to develop a new method for the preparation of insulin to make it a viable treatment for diabetes. The method they developed is still in use today for the commercial production of insulin. This early work with insulin helped foster Dr. Somogyi's life-long interest in the treatment and cure of diabetes.
Somogyi was the first biochemist appointed to the staff of the newly opened Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri and he remained there as the director of their clinical laboratory until his retirement. During his tenure at the Jewish Hospital, Dr. Somogyi publicly stated that many diabetic patients were receiving larger than necessary quantities of insulin and were suffering as a result. He also advocated for alternative treatments to diabetes, such as adjusted diet and weight loss. Physicians around the world read Dr. Somogyi's research and reached out to him for advisement on how to best treat patients with diabetes. Dr. Somogyi retired from the Jewish Hospital in 1957 and suffered a serious stroke in 1969. This curtailed the many teaching and writing activities Dr. Somogyi had planned for his retirement years. In 1971 Dr. Michael Somogyi died in St. Louis, Missouri at age 88.
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Dr. Michael Somogyi Collection, Science History Institute Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Harvey Walker, "Michael Somogyi, Ph.D. 1883-1971", Clinical Chemistry, Volume 17, Issue 11, 1 November 1971, Page 1138, https://doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/17.11.1138
The Dr. Michael Somogyi Collection was created and maintained by Dr. Michael Somogyi. The collection mainly concerns Dr. Somogyi's work with diabetes research during his years as the director of the Clinical Laboratory at the Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. The collection is arranged into the following 8 series:
- Dr. Michael Somogyi - Biographical
- Notebooks
- Research Notes
- Reprints of Articles
- Photographs
- Slides and Glass Lantern (Lecture) Slides
- Audio Cassettes (Somogyi Diabetes Institute)
- Scrapbook Material
The Dr. Michael Somogyi Collection was donated to the Science History Institute (formerly known as the Chemical Heritage Foundation) by Dr. Harvey Walker, Jr. in 2001.
The Dr. Michael Somogyi Collection was processed by Andrew Mangravite in 2010. This finding aid was revised by Birch Mezzaroba in April 2022.
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Collection Inventory
Series Description
Arranged in chronological order, this series contains biographical materials about Michael Somogyi and materials concerning the activities of the Somogyi Diabetes Foundation. The files in this series contain correspondence, article reprints, meeting minutes, and to a lesser extent, research plans and transcripts.
Dr. Michael Somogyi Curriculum Vitae, undated.
Box 1
Folder 1
Correspondence between Dr. Michael Somogyi and Dr. Harvey Walker, Jr. (This includes a pocket notebook labeled "Diabetes Research Fund" and a reagent chart.), 1954-1956, 1966, 1968.
Box 1
Folder 2
Somogyi - Legal and Miscellaneous Materials, 1954-1979, undated.
Box 1
Folder 3
General Note
Includes description of Somogyi/Walker Carmelization Method, declaration of trust, correspondence between Dr. Michael Somogyi and Dr. Harvey Walker, Jr., authorization of transfer of funds, excerpts from notes of Somogyi's physician, and reprints of newspaper articles on Somogyi, Walker, and Somogyi Effect.
"Fan Letter" to Dr. Somogyi from Dr. Edward Hauntz, 1965.
Box 1
Folder 4
Cartoons and Pictures Kept by Dr. Somogyi, undated.
Box 1
Folder 5
Dr. Michael Somogyi Obituary - Reprints and Correspondence Authored by Dr. Harvey Walker, Jr. and Various Editors, 1971.
Box 1
Folder 6
Correspondence Between Dr. Harvey Walker, Jr. and Dr. Sam Frankel Concerning the Disposition of Somogyi's Surviving Papers (This includes Dr. Walker's reminiscences of Dr. Somogyi.), 1997-2000.
Box 1
Folder 7
Dr. Harvey Walker, Jr. "Better Therapy for Diabetes," - Chapter From His Book, How to Get Well Again, 1998.
Box 1
Folder 8
Somogyi Diabetes Foundation - History (This includes a reprint of Somogyi's article "The Story of Insulin-Past and Current" and "Somogyi, Insulin and the Low-Fat Diet," a chapter from a book by Arthur Blumenfeld.), 1951, undated.
Box 2
Folder 1
Somogyi Diabetes Foundation - "Activities of the Somogyi Diabetes Foundation"- spiral bound brochure, undated.
Box 2
Folder 2
Minutes of Meetings, 1976-1979.
Box 2
Folder 3
Minutes of Meetings, 1980 January-1980 June.
Box 2
Folder 4
Minutes of Meetings, 1980 July-1980 December.
Box 2
Folder 5
Minutes of Meetings (This includes a transcript of the August 30th meeting dealing with the establishment of Somogyi Diabetes Foundation's goals.), 1980.
Box 2
Folder 6
Minutes of Meetings, 1981-1982.
Box 2
Folder 7
"The Susan Monken Affair", 1980-1981.
Box 2
Folder 8
Diana Guthrie - Somogyi Seminar Number 1, Trenton, Missouri, 1980 October 30.
Box 2
Folder 9
"Coping With Diabetes Mellitus" Basic Discussion Course, undated.
Box 2
Folder 10
Research Plans - Ideas for Research to be Conducted at the Somogyi Foundation (These files were compiled by Dr. Harvey Walker, Jr. and includes information on Novo insulins.), 1971-1973, undated.
Box 2
Folder 11
Reprints - Articles on Diabetes and Nutrition (Taken from newspapers and magazines.), 1971-1972, undated.
Box 2
Folder 12
Series Description
Arranged in chronological order, this series contains the research notebooks of Michael Somogyi. The notebooks mostly recorded clinical observations and two notebooks are written in Magyar. Many of the notebooks have loose sheets of research notes accompanying them and, when possible, these have been preserved. In cases where the paper was too acidic, preservation photocopies were made.
"Vizsgalati Jesyzokonyv" (Written in Magyar during Dr. Somogyi's stay in Hungary.), 1912-1915.
Box 3
Folder 1
Untitled Notebook Dealing with Insulin Tests on Rabbits, 1924-1925.
Box 3
Folder 2
"M. S.", 1926-1927.
Box 3
Folder 3
General Note
Ring notebooks identified only by Somogyi's initials inscribed on the front cover. Contents consist of chemical observations and date. There are copies of loose sheets of research notes included.
"Research Notes 1927", 1927.
Box 3
Folder 4
"Rabbit Sugar Tolerances" / "Amylase (Blood)" (Includes copies of loose sheets of research notes.), 1930 November, 1931 October 29.
Box 3
Folder 5
"Volume II Amylase, Various Starches, Temperatures, Time Curves, Analysis of Product" (Includes copies of loose sheets of research notes.), 1931-1933.
Box 3
Folder 6
"Maltase; Effect of Temperature on Diastase; Comparison of Diastase Prepared from Saliva and Urine; Cellobiose", 1931-1934.
Box 4
Folder 1
General Note
Notebook has mold damage.
"Kottner's Work; Preparation of Diastase Products from Starch; Sugar in Blood other than Glucose; Glycogen" (Includes copies of loose sheets of research notes.), 1931-1934.
Box 4
Folder 2
"Dr. Tureen Diastase" (Includes copies of loose sheets of research notes.), 1932-1933.
Box 4
Folder 3
Related Materials
See also Box 15 Folder 12.
"Tureen", 1932.
Box 4
Folder 4
Related Materials
See also Box 15 Folder 12.
Untitled Notebook Missing Covers (Appears to be clinical notes.), 1932.
Box 4
Folder 5
General Note
Notebook has mold damage.
"Effects of Diastase on Normal Persons", 1933-1934.
Box 4
Folder 6
General Note
Notebook has mold damage.
"Spinal Fluid Diastase" (Includes copies of loose sheets of research notes.), 1934-1935.
Box 4
Folder 7
"Book One: Somogyi-Harris Experiment" (Includes copies of loose sheets of research notes.), 1935.
Box 4
Folder 8
"Book Two: Somogyi-Harris Experiment" (Includes loose sheets of research notes.), 1935.
Box 4
Folder 9
Diastase Notes and Data (Contains loose sheets.), 1934-1937.
Box 4
Folder 10
Diastase Notes and Data (Contains loose sheets.), 1939 October 10-1941 July 15.
Box 5
Folder 1
"Acetones, 7-9-41" (Includes notes "2 Tolerances on Queenie."), 1941 July 9.
Box 5
Folder 2
"Samuka Tortenete" (Text in Magyar.), 1944.
Box 5
Folder 3
"Plan for Experiment, July 13, 1958" - Ring Binder Notebook, 1958 July 13.
Box 5
Folder 4
Two Pocket Notebooks (The notebooks are hardly used.), 1958-1959.
Box 5
Folder 5
"Potassium" (Includes originals and copies of loose sheets of research notes.), 1961.
Box 5
Folder 6
Untitled Notebook (Includes originals and copies of loose sheets of research notes.), 1961.
Box 5
Folder 7
"Diastase in Milk" (Includes notebook, copies of manuscripts, and drafts of a paper on this topic.), undated.
Box 5
Folder 8
Untitled Notebook - Spiral Bound (Includes copies of loose sheets of research notes.), undated.
Box 5
Folder 9
Series Description
Arranged in chronological order, this series makes up the bulk of the collection and contains Michael Somogyi's research notes, which would later be incorporated into his lectures and published articles. The files in this series mostly contain rough notes but also include article reprints and correspondence. Also of note are files containing patient information, including files pertaining to Reverend Peter J. Rahill.
Allen (F. M.) - Excerpts and Collaborations, 1923-1962.
Box 6
Folder 1
Amylase - Rough Notes and Letters, 1955, 1960, undated.
Box 6
Folder 2
Article - (Based upon an address given at Little Rock, Arkansas Veteran's Association Hospital.), 1951 December 10.
Box 6
Folder 3
Artificial Hyperinsulinism - Rough Notes and Reprints of Articles by Stanley Dorst, Douglas Goldman and Marthe Vogt, 1938, 1940, 1948, 1954, 1955.
Box 6
Folder 4
"Birmingham, May 22-23, 1969" - Rough Notes and Reprints Related to a Lecture on Diabetic Acidosis (There is also material relating to a presentation at a Clinical Conference sponsored by the University of Missouri School of Medicine on "Brittle Diabetes."), 1941, 1953, 1966, 1968.
Box 6
Folder 5
Bothell, Buris R. - Reprints of Six Articles by Dr. Bothell on Diabetes - Related Topics, 1961-1963.
Box 6
Folder 6
Brittle Diabetes - Abstract, Rough Notes and Drafts of a Paper, 1961, 1966, 1969, undated.
Box 6
Folder 7
Cases, Tolerance Tests - Cases, Histories, and Chart (Includes Somogyi's thoughts on "War and Diabetes."), undated.
Box 6
Folder 8
Chester (E. M.) et. al. Controversy - (Includes notes, graphs and drafts of an article refuting the findings of Chester and his colleagues who had questioned the validity of Somogyi's "hypoglycemia begets hypoglycemia" dictum.), 1966-1967.
Box 6
Folder 9
Cholesterol Metabolism - Notes, 1966, undated.
Box 6
Folder 10
Choline - Rough Notes (Includes drafts for a paper and notes on readings.), 1968.
Box 6
Folder 11
Conditioned Reflex Pattern in Carbohydrate Metabolism - Notes on Readings, 1955.
Box 6
Folder 12
Conditioned Reflex, 24-Hour - Patient Graph, undated.
Box 6
Folder 13
Conditioned Rhythm (In liver function.) - Empty File, undated.
Box 6
Folder 14
Confusion - Notes on Reading and Draft of a "Preface", 1944, 1956.
Box 6
Folder 15
Correspondence, 1941-1942.
Box 6
Folder 16
Cured Diabetes (Includes patient notes, drafts of a paper, and reprints.), 1945, 1955, 1962-1963, 1966.
Box 6
Folder 17
Diabetes, General Notes 1 - Notes on Readings, 1945, 1959, 1963, 1965-1966, undated
.
Box 7
Folder 1
Diabetes, General Notes 2 - Miscellaneous Articles and Manuscripts by Somogyi (Includes a piece on the Arms Race.), 1935,1940, 1945, 1956, 1957, 1964-1965, 1968, undated.
Box 7
Folder 2
Diabetes, General Notes 3 - Reprints of Articles by Others, 1929-1966.
Box 7
Folder 3
Diabetes in India - (Includes reading notes for Dr. McKay, "The Treatment of Diabetes in India" with Dietary Therapy and reading notes for R. Lepine, "Le Diabete noncomplique et son Traitment."), 1951, 1956.
Box 7
Folder 4
Diastase - Amylase - Maltase - Reading Notes and Clinical Notes (Includes "Somogyi's Rapid Method for the Determination of Diastase."), 1947, 1951-1952, undated.
Box 7
Folder 5
Dietary Therapy - Diabetogenic Effect-1 - "Therapeutic Diets for Diabetics," (Typed manuscript of a talk given in Decatur with drafts for other papers.), 1963-1965.
Box 7
Folder 6
Dietary Therapy - Diabetogenic Effect-2 - "Dietary Therapy," (Manuscripts for talk presented at Lake Placid, New York with supporting material and case files.), 1937-1957, 1958.
Box 8
Folder 1
Dietary Therapy - Diabetogenic Effect-3 (Includes reprints, correspondence, memos script for slide show on diabetes and diet and notes on readings.), 1938, 1942, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1966-1967, undated.
Box 8
Folder 2
Dilution Experiments - Data of Experiments on Depancreatized Dogs, 1938-1939, undated.
Box 8
Folder 3
Dog Experiments - Experimental Data and Manuscripts, 1943-1965.
Box 8
Folder 4
Drafts - 2nd Paper - Scraps of Drafts, 1945 November-1945 December
.
Box 8
Folder 5
Dry Whey - Source of Dry Whey (Includes information and correspondence.), 1946.
Box 8
Folder 6
"Duration" - Case History; Patient Notes, 1946, 1947-1948.
Box 8
Folder 7
"Early Diagnosis" - Typed Copy and Manuscript, 1954.
Box 8
Folder 8
"Effect of Fat Upon Postabsorptive Glycemic Level" - Typed Copy, Notes and Data, 1935, 1936, 1947.
Box 8
Folder 9
Endocrine (Includes patient notes, notes on readings, and typed manuscripts for "Rehabilitation of the Over-Insulinized Diabetic," drafts, testing procedures and reprints.), 1955-1956, 1965, 1966, undated .
Box 8
Folder 10
Equilibria (Includes experimental notes on maltose fermentation, notes, and drafts of papers by Dr. Irene Stark and Dr. Michael Somogyi.), 1941.
Box 9
Folder 1
Etiology-1 - Notes on Readings, Patient Notes, and Reprints, 1935-1962.
Box 9
Folder 2
Etiology-2 - Drafts of and Typed Copy of "Notes on the Etiology and Pathogenesis of Adult-Type Diabetes", 1963, undated.
Box 9
Folder 3
Final Pages - Notes, Notes on Readings, and Drafts, 1968 February 4
.
Box 9
Folder 4
Finished Papers-1 - Three Versions of "The Role of the Liver in the Etiology of Clinical Diabetes", 1946, undated.
Box 9
Folder 5
Finished Papers-2 - Drafts of the Paper "The Role of the Liver in the Etiology of Clinical Diabetes", undated.
Box 9
Folder 6
Fructose - Correspondence Between Dr. Somogyi and Dr. Warren H. Cox, Jr. of Mead Johnson (Correspondence concerns the efficacy of fructose as a treatment for hypoglycemia.), undated.
Box 9
Folder 7
GTT (Glucose Tolerance Test) for Diagnosis - Reprint of an Article by D. F. Keller and A. Hainline, Jr., 1964.
Box 10
Folder 1
Graphs Not Yet Used (Includes a fan letter and pages from a draft manuscript of a third paper.), 1958, undated.
Box 10
Folder 2
Graphs - Graphs and Reduced Photographic Prints of Graphs, undated.
Box 10
Folder 3
Harvey's Notes - Taken at the University of Missouri School of Medicine 11th Annual Spring Conference, May 11-12, 1966 (Somogyi spoke on Brittle Diabetes and a copy of his paper is included together with drafts of the paper and correspondence relating to the conference.), 1965, 1966.
Box 10
Folder 4
Heredity - One Page of Notes on the Topic, 1969.
Box 10
Folder 5
Hohendahl, Peter U. - Patient Notes and Charts, 1966, 1969.
Box 10
Folder 6
Hyperglycemia-1 - Reprints, Graphs, Tables, Notes, Patient Notes, and Drafts of Papers, 1935-1957.
Box 10
Folder 7
Hyperglycemia-2 - Reprints, Graphs, Tables, Notes, Patient Notes, and Drafts of Papers, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1966-1969, undated.
Box 10
Folder 8
Hyperinsulinism - Drafts of a Paper on Compensatory Hyperinsulinism, 1963.
Box 10
Folder 9
Hyperlipemia - Notes on Readings and Drafts of an Article, 1965.
Box 10
Folder 10
Incipient Diabetes - One Page of Patient Data, 1947.
Box 10
Folder 11
Issekutz, B. Jr. - Notes by Dr. Somogyi on an Article by Issekutz Concerning Alarm by Excessive Hyperglycemia, 1957.
Box 10
Folder 12
Insulin - Reprints and Notes on Insulin-Related Topics (Includes scripts for three slide lectures on diabetes and drafts for a paper "Insulin Resistance caused by Hypoglycemia" presented at the Spring 1952 meeting of the American Society of Biological Chemists in New York City.), 1947-1967.
Box 10
Folder 13
Jerry Cook - Notes and Patient Records, 1935.
Box 10
Folder 14
Kuttner-Milk - Typed Manuscript of "Diastase in Milk" by Dr. Marianne Kuttner, Charts and Patient Information, 1937.
Box 10
Folder 15
Lipocaic-1 - Reprints, Notes and Drafts of Papers, 1950, 1966-1967.
Box 11
Folder 1
Lipocaic-2 - "The Role of Lipocaic in the Etiology and Synthesis of Diabetes" - Paper, Drafts, Notes, Reprints, 1964-1969.
Box 11
Folder 2
Lipoproteins - Notes on Readings and Draft Pages, 1967, undated.
Box 11
Folder 3
Lipotropin Series - (Includes typed manuscript of, and drafts for article "The Role of Lipotropins in Diabetes."), 1963.
Box 11
Folder 4
Liver - Notes, Reprints, Experimental Data (on dogs), 1944-1967.
Box 11
Folder 5
Maltase - Typed Manuscript "Maltase" and Drafts, undated.
Box 11
Folder 6
"May 1956 Article - No. 30" - Drafts, 1956.
Box 11
Folder 7
MEDEX - "The Patient with Diabetes" (Mentions the "Somogyi Effect."), 1971.
Box 11
Folder 8
"Newer Concepts of Diabetes" (Book) - Publisher's Contract, 1946.
Box 12
Folder 1
"Newer Concepts in the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus" - Typed Manuscript and Letter of Rejection from "Annals of Internal Medicine" (The editor refers to Somogyi's article as being in the nature of a "preliminary communication" rather than proven.), 1936.
Box 12
Folder 2
Related Materials
See also Box 23 Folder 1 and Box 23 Folder 2.
1949 Articles - Clippings and Correspondence Relating to 1949 Lecture at the American Chemical Society convention in Atlantic City, 1949.
Box 12
Folder 3
Related Materials
See also Box 23 Folder 3.
Non-Obese Adult Diabetics - Notes on Readings, 1966.
Box 12
Folder 4
Notes-1 - Notes-1955 - Various Topics (Includes remarks addressed to a meeting of the St. Louis Medical Fraternity.), 1944-1958.
Box 12
Folder 5
Notes-2 (Includes some letters as well.), 1947-1981.
Box 12
Folder 6
Nutrition and Atherosclerosis - Abridgement of Paper and Correspondence, 1959.
Box 12
Folder 7
Organic Hyperinsulinism - Notes on Diabetogenic Effect, 1949.
Box 12
Folder 8
Organic-1956 - Patient Notes and Notes on Readings, 1937, 1949, 1955
.
Box 12
Folder 9
Pancreatectomy - Total - Notes on Readings, 1947, undated.
Box 12
Folder 10
Pancreatic Tumor, Hypoglycemia Due to - Reprint and Patient Notes, 1953, 1954.
Box 12
Folder 11
Pancreatin and Lipotropin Series - Reprints, Patient Notes, Notes on Readings, and Drafts, 1935, 1963-1966, undated.
Box 12
Folder 12
Pancreatin Feeding (Includes correspondence between Dr. Somogyi and Dr. Norbert W. Tietz, reprint of a Paper by Tietz, notes on readings, and drafts of a paper.), 1958, 1960, 1962-1964, undated.
Box 12
Folder 13
Patient List Index - A listing of over 500 patients grouped by category with brief comments on their cases, prepared for a book that Dr. Somogyi was working on with Dr. Harvey Walker, Jr., undated.
Box 12
Folder 14
Pregnancy - Experimental Notes, 1949.
Box 12
Folder 15
Prostaglandins - Reprints, 1969.
Box 12
Folder 16
Rahill - Diets, 1947 December.
Box 13
Folder 1
Rahill - Diets, 1948 January.
Box 13
Folder 2
Rahill - Diets (Includes a discussion of need for Dispensation from fasting before Communion.), 1948 February.
Box 13
Folder 3
Rahill - Diets, 1948 March.
Box 13
Folder 4
Rahill - Diets, 1948 April.
Box 13
Folder 5
Rahill - Diets, 1948 May.
Box 13
Folder 6
Rahill - Diets, 1948 June.
Box 13
Folder 7
Rahill - Diets, 1948 July.
Box 13
Folder 8
Rahill - Diets, 1948 August.
Box 13
Folder 9
Rahill - Diets, 1948 September.
Box 13
Folder 10
Rahill - Diets, 1948 October.
Box 13
Folder 11
Rahill - Diets, 1948 November.
Box 13
Folder 12
Rahill - Diets, 1948 December.
Box 13
Folder 13
Rahill - Diets, 1949 January.
Box 13
Folder 14
Rahill - Diets, 1949 February.
Box 13
Folder 15
Rahill - Diets, 1949 March.
Box 13
Folder 16
Rahill - Diets, 1949 April.
Box 13
Folder 17
Rahill - Diets, 1949 May.
Box 13
Folder 18
Rahill - Diets, 1949 June.
Box 13
Folder 19
Rahill - Diets, 1949 July.
Box 13
Folder 20
Rahill - Diets, 1949 August.
Box 13
Folder 21
Rahill - Diets, 1949 September.
Box 13
Folder 22
Rahill - Diets, 1949 October.
Box 13
Folder 23
Rahill - Diets, 1949 November.
Box 13
Folder 24
Rahill - Diets, 1949 December.
Box 13
Folder 25
Rahill - Diets, 1950 January.
Box 14
Folder 1
Rahill - Diets, 1950 February.
Box 14
Folder 2
Rahill - Diets, 1950 March.
Box 14
Folder 3
Rahill - Diets, 1950 April.
Box 14
Folder 4
Rahill - Diets, 1950 May.
Box 14
Folder 5
Rahill - Diets, 1950 June.
Box 14
Folder 6
Rahill - Diets, 1950 July.
Box 14
Folder 7
Rahill - Diets, 1950 August.
Box 14
Folder 8
Rahill - Diets, 1950 September.
Box 14
Folder 9
Rahill - Diets, 1950 October.
Box 14
Folder 10
Rahill - Diets, 1950 November.
Box 14
Folder 11
Rahill - Diets, 1950 December.
Box 14
Folder 12
Rahill - Diets, 1951 January.
Box 14
Folder 13
Rahill - Diets, 1951 February.
Box 14
Folder 14
Rahill - Diets, 1951 March.
Box 14
Folder 15
Rahill - Diets, 1951 April.
Box 14
Folder 16
Rahill - Diets, 1951 May.
Box 14
Folder 17
Rahill - Diets, 1951 June.
Box 14
Folder 18
Rahill - Diets, 1951 October.
Box 14
Folder 19
Rahill - Diets, 1952 October.
Box 14
Folder 20
R.Q. - Notes on Readings (The earliest notes are written in Magyar.), 1935, 1944, undated.
Box 15
Folder 1
Rat Experiments - Notes on Readings, 1964.
Box 15
Folder 2
Readings - Notes on Readings - Various Topics and Dates (Includes notes taken at a Federation meeting held in New York City.), 1939, 1955, undated.
Box 15
Folder 3
Renal Glycosuyia - Erroneous Diagnosis - Reprints, Notes, Patient Files
, 1943-1945, undated.
Box 15
Folder 4
Resistance - Notes on Insulin Resistance, 1966, undated.
Box 15
Folder 5
Reviewed Manuscript (Analytical Chemistry) - Page of Notes, 1952.
Box 15
Folder 6
Soskin's Results, Interpretation of - Notes on Readings and Graph, 1947.
Box 15
Folder 7
Statistics - Patient Discharge Lists, Summaries, 1943, 1945.
Box 15
Folder 8
Tables - Data Collected for Use in Papers, 1956-1958, undated.
Box 15
Folder 9
Talbutamide - Curative Factors - Reprint and Notes on Readings, 1957, 1966.
Box 15
Folder 10
Theory of Diabetes - Notes on Readings, 1939-1960.
Box 15
Folder 11
Tissue Diastase Studies - Process Notes, 1951.
Box 15
Folder 12
Tureen's Case - Paper on Insulin Hypoglycemia by Dr. Louis L.Tureen and Patient Data, 1946-1949, undated.
Box 15
Folder 13
Related Materials
See also Box 4 Folder 3 and Box 4 Folder 4.
Urine Collection - Process Notes and Food Lists, undated.
Box 15
Folder 14
Urine Sugar - Calculation Table - Missouri Baptist Hospital, 1968.
Box 15
Folder 15
Varieties of Diabetes - Notes on Readings (Topics include "masked diabetes," starvation diabetes, "glucosuria innocens," and "benign glucosuria."), 1944-1956.
Box 15
Folder 16
Walker, Dr. Harvey, Jr. (Includes an incomplete draft of his study of diabetes, instructional and testing materials used by the Somogyi Diabetes Foundation, and patient notes for a book on diabetes to have been co-written by Dr. Michael Somogyi.), 1968, 1974, undated.
Box 15
Folder 17
Series Description
Arranged in chronological order, this series mainly consists of reprints of articles authored or co-authored by Michael Somogyi. This series is not a complete account of all articles written by Somogyi during his career.
Publications Lists - Various Editions, undated.
Box 16
Folder 1
"On the Preparation of Insulin.", 1924.
Box 16
Folder 2
"The Presence of a Polysaccharide-Like Substance in the Blood.", 1926.
Box 16
Folder 3
"Notes on Sugar Determination.", 1926.
Box 16
Folder 4
"Reducing Non-Sugars and True Sugar in Human Blood.", 1927.
Box 16
Folder 5
"Note on the Tungstic Acid Precipitation of Blood Proteins.", 1927.
Box 16
Folder 6
"Diabetes Mellitus.", 1927.
Box 16
Folder 7
"The Nature of Blood Sugar.", 1928.
Box 16
Folder 8
"The Distribution of Sugar in Normal Human Blood.", 1928.
Box 16
Folder 9
"The Distribution of Blood Sugar Between Corpuscles and Plasma in Diabetic and in Alimentary Hyperglycemia.", 1928.
Box 16
Folder 10
"The Rate of Glycosis in Erythremia.", 1929.
Box 16
Folder 11
"The Nature of Blood Sugar-II.", 1929.
Box 16
Folder 12
"Titrimetric Measurement of Fermentation.", 1930.
Box 16
Folder 13
"Nitrogenous Substances in the Zinc Filtrates of Human Blood.", 1930.
Box 16
Folder 14
"A Method for the Preparation of Blood Filtrates for the Distribution of Sugar.", 1930.
Box 16
Folder 15
"Note on the Distribution of Blood Sugar.", 1931.
Box 16
Folder 16
"The Use of Copper and Iron Salts for the Deproteinization of Blood.", 1931.
Box 16
Folder 17
"Blood Sugar of Normal Fasting Persons." (B.Y. Glassberg with an introduction by Michael Somogyi.), 1931.
Box 16
Folder 18
"Studies on Blood Diastase.", 1932.
Box 16
Folder 19
"The Distribution of Sugar and Rate of Glycolysis in the Blood of Some Mammals.", 1933.
Box 16
Folder 20
"The Determination of Glycogen.", 1933.
Box 16
Folder 21
"Copper-Iodometric Reagents for Sugar Determinations.", 1933.
Box 16
Folder 22
"The Solubility and Preparation of Phosphorus and Nitrogen-Free Glycogen.", 1934.
Box 17
Folder 1
"Practical and Theoretical Considerations in the Treatment of Diabetes.", 1936.
Box 17
Folder 2
"Effect of Diet on Insulin Response in Normal and Hypophysectomized Dogs.", 1937.
Box 17
Folder 3
"Relationship Between Blood Amylase and Urinary Amylase in Man.", 1937.
Box 17
Folder 4
"Quantitative Assay of Insulin Effect.", 1937.
Box 17
Folder 5
"Hyperglycemia in Response to Hypoglycemia in Normal and Hyposhysectomized Dogs.", 1937-1938.
Box 17
Folder 6
"Effect of Diet on Glucose Tolerance of Normal and Hypophysectomized Dogs.", 1937.
Box 17
Folder 7
"Detection and Quantitative Determination of Small Amounts of Glucose in Mixtures Containing Maltose.", 1937.
Box 17
Folder 8
"A Reagent for the Copper-Iodometric Determination of Very Small Amounts of Sugar.", 1937.
Box 17
Folder 9
"Hyperglycemic Response to Hypoglycemia in Diabetic and in Healthy Individuals.", 1938.
Box 17
Folder 10
"Analysis of Diastatic Split-Products of Starch.", 1938.
Box 17
Folder 11
"Micromethods for the Estimation of Diastase.", 1938.
Box 17
Folder 12
"Insulin as a Cause of Extreme Hyperglycemia and Instability.", 1938.
Box 17
Folder 13
"Effect of Insulin on Carbohydrate Tolerance of Nondiabetic Individuals.", 1938.
Box 17
Folder 14
"Changes in Serum Potassium in Certain Allergic States.", 1939.
Box 17
Folder 15
"Interpretation of the Saccharogenic Action of Diastase on the Basis of Substrate Competition.", 1940.
Box 17
Folder 16
"Changes in Ketonemia and Ketonuria During Hypoglycemia.", 1940.
Box 17
Folder 17
"A Method for the Determination of Small Amounts of Potassium.", 1940.
Box 17
Folder 18
"Changes in Blood Ketone Acids During Artificial Fever.", 1940.
Box 17
Folder 19
"Blood Diastase in Health and Diabetes.", 1940.
Box 17
Folder 20
"Effects of Insulin Upon the Production of Ketone Bodies.", 1941.
Box 17
Folder 21
"A Method for the Determination of Small Amounts of Ketone Bodies.", 1941.
Box 17
Folder 22
"Diastatic Activity of Human Blood.", 1941.
Box 17
Folder 23
"Note on the Fermentation of Maltose and Glucose in Alkaline Solutions.", 1942.
Box 17
Folder 24
"Equilibria in Diastatic Reactions.", 1942.
Box 17
Folder 25
"Ketone-Sparing Effect of Glucose.", 1942.
Box 17
Folder 26
"Effects of Glucose Feeding Upon the Ketonemia in Healthy Man.", 1942.
Box 17
Folder 27
"Carbohydrate Metabolism.", 1942.
Box 17
Folder 28
"The Effect of Insulin Upon the Quantitative Relationship Between B-Hydroxybutyric Acid and Acetoacetic Acid in Blood and Urine.", 1943.
Box 17
Folder 29
"Determination of Blood Sugar.", 1945.
Box 17
Folder 30
"A New Reagent for the Determination of Sugars.", 1945.
Box 17
Folder 31
"Effect of the Fat Content of Diets on Blood Sugar.", 1947.
Box 18
Folder 1
"Rationale of Parental Glucose Feeding in the Postoperative State.", 1948.
Box 18
Folder 2
"Studies of Arteriovenous Differences in Blood Sugar. I Effect of Alimentary Hyperglycemia on the Rate of Extrahepatic Glucose Assimilation.", 1948.
Box 18
Folder 3
"Studies of Arteriovenous Differences in Blood Sugar. II Effect of Hypoglycemia on the Rate of Extrahepatic Glucose Assimilation.", 1948.
Box 18
Folder 4
"Studies of Arteriovenous Differences in Blood Sugar. III Effect of Insulin Administered Intravenously in the Postabsorptive State.", 1949.
Box 18
Folder 5
"Studies of Arteriovenous Differences in Blood Sugar. IV Effect of Intravenous Insulin and Simultaneous Glucose Feeding.", 1949.
Box 18
Folder 6
"Dietary and Insulin Therapy of Diabetes.", 1949.
Box 18
Folder 7
American Chemical Society Meeting - Typed manuscript of Somogyi's talk in a simplified version intended for the layman, 1949.
Box 18
Folder 8
"Studies of Arteriovenous Differences in Blood Sugar. V Effect of Epinephrine on the Rate of Glucose Assimilation.", 1950.
Box 18
Folder 9
"Effect of Insulin Injections Repeated at Brief Intervals.", 1950.
Box 18
Folder 10
"The Story of Insulin - Past and Current." (Includes English and Spanish-language versions.), 1951.
Box 18
Folder 11
"Effect of Insulin Hypoglycemia on Alimentary Hyperglycemia.", 1951.
Box 18
Folder 12
"Mechanism of Epinephrine-Hyperglycemia.", 1951.
Box 18
Folder 13
"Notes on Sugar Determination.", 1952.
Box 18
Folder 14
"Curative Diet for Diabetes.", 1953.
Box 18
Folder 15
"Diabetogenic Effects of Insulin-Hypoglycemia.", 1953.
Box 18
Folder 16
"Sugar Tolerance Tests, Their Relation to Diabetes, and the Nature of Diabetes.", 1957.
Box 18
Folder 17
"Exacerbation of Diabetes by Excess Insulin Action." (This is a photocopy of poor quality.), 1959.
Box 18
Folder 18
"Quantitative Relationship Between Insulin Dosage and Amount of Carbohydrates Utilized in Diabetic Persons.", 1959.
Box 18
Folder 19
"Diabetogenic Effect of Hyperinsulinism.", 1959.
Box 18
Folder 20
"Modifications of Two Methods for the Assay of Amylase.", 1960.
Box 18
Folder 21
"Exacerbation of Diabetes by Excess Insulin Action." (Editorial), 1960.
Box 18
Folder 22
"Unstable 'Brittle' Diabetes." (Reprinted from Proceedings of the Fourth Congress of the International Federation of Diabetes. Geneva, July 10-14, 1961. Vol. 1, p. 301.), 1961.
Box 18
Folder 23
"Etiology of Experimental Diabetes Produced by Dietary Factors.", 1962.
Box 18
Folder 24
"Role of Lipotropins in Diabetes.", 1964.
Box 18
Folder 25
"Preface," Fundamentals of Clinical Chemistry, 1970.
Box 18
Folder 26
"Rehabilitation of Brittle Diabetics.", undated.
Box 18
Folder 27
Series Description
Arranged in chronological order, this series contains photographs of Michael Somogyi. The photographs in this series contain portraits of Somogyi, candid photos of Somogyi, and photos of Somogyi with others.
Note – Item level cataloging may be available, consult Image Archives.
Dr. Michael Somogyi - with Moustache, undated.
Box 19
Folder 1
General Note
Black and white postcard.
Dr. Michael Somogyi - with Moustache in an Orchard, undated.
Box 19
Folder 2
General Note
2 ½ x 4 ½ black and white photograph.
Dr. Michael Somogyi - on the Prater, Vienna, Summer, 1921.
Box 19
Folder 3
General Note
2 x 3 black and white photograph.
Dr. Michael Somogyi - Outside the Medical School on Clark Avenue, 1926 March 17.
Box 19
Folder 4
General Note
4 ½ x 3 ½ black and white photograph.
Dr. Michael Somogyi - with Female Lab Assistants at Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri, undated.
Box 19
Folder 5
General Note
2 ½ x 2 ½ black and white photograph.
Dr. Michael Somogyi - Standing Against a Hedge, undated.
Box 19
Folder 6
General Note
4 ½ x 3 ½ black and white photograph.
Dr. Michael Somogyi - Sitting on a Tree Trunk, undated.
Box 19
Folder 7
General Note
4 x 5 black and white photograph.
Dr. Michael Somogyi - with Pipe (Head on portrait.), undated.
Box 19
Folder 8
General Note
5 x 3 ½ black and white photograph.
Dr. Michael Somogyi - Playing Solitaire with Pipe, undated.
Box 19
Folder 9
General Note
2 7 x 5 black and white photographs and negative.
Dr. Michael Somogyi - Formal portrait, undated.
Box 19
Folder 10
General Note
8 x 10 black and white photograph.
Dr. Michael Somogyi - Smiling with Pipe, undated.
Box 19
Folder 11
General Note
5 x 7 black and white photograph.
Dr. Michael Somogyi - with Cigar, undated.
Box 19
Folder 12
General Note
5 x 7 black and white photograph.
Dr. Michael Somogyi at a Family Picnic, undated.
Box 19
Folder 13
General Note
3 x 2 black and white photograph.
Dr. Michael Somogyi at a Family Picnic, undated.
Box 19
Folder 14
General Note
3 x 2 black and white photograph.
Dr. Michael Somogyi - Portrait (from Chemical and Engineering News.), 1964 April.
Box 19
Folder 15
General Note
5 x 6 black and white photograph.
Dr. Michael Somogyi - Profile Portrait, undated.
Box 19
Folder 16
General Note
5 x 7 color photograph.
Dr. Michael Somogyi - with Granddaughter, undated.
Box 19
Folder 17
General Note
7 x 5 black and white photographs.
Dr. Michael Somogyi - with Grandson, undated.
Box 19
Folder 18
General Note
5 x 7 black and white photograph.
Dr. Michael Somogyi - Holding a Pipe, undated.
Box 19
Folder 19
General Note
7 x 5 black and white photograph.
Dr. Michael Somogyi - Outdoors, undated.
Box 19
Folder 20
General Note
4 ½ x 3 color photograph.
Dr. Michael Somogyi - at Window, undated.
Box 19
Folder 21
General Note
2 5 x 7 black and white photographs.
Dr. Michael Somogyi - at His Desk, undated.
Box 19
Folder 22
General Note
6 5 x 7 black and white photographs and negative.
Dr. Michael Somogyi - with Presumed Wife, undated.
Box 19
Folder 23
General Note
4 ½ x 3 ½ color photograph.
Dr. Michael Somogyi - Portrait, undated.
Box 19
Folder 24
General Note
5 x 7 black and white photograph.
Dr. Michael Somogyi - Portrait Used for Obituary Notices, undated.
Box 19
Folder 25
General Note
11 4 x 5 black and white photographs.
Somogyi Family Members, undated.
Box 19
Folder 26
General Note
1 8 x 10 black and white photograph and 1 4 x 3 black and white polaroid.
Dr. J. D. Soule (Photograph was taken at an award banquet and inscribed to Somogyi.), 1969.
Box 19
Folder 27
General Note
5 x 7 black and white photograph.
Somogyi Home - Interior and Exterior; Somogyi Exhibit at the Somogyi Foundation, undated.
Box 19
Folder 28
General Note
10 color photographs with negatives.
Christmas Card - Handwritten Note, undated.
Box 19
Folder 29
Somogyi Foundation Exhibit, undated.
Box 19
Folder 30
General Note
3 4 x 3 color Polaroids.
Series Description
Arranged in chronological order, this series contains 35 mm slides and lantern slides, some of which are cracked. Most of the 35 mm slides were created for and used by the Somogyi Diabetes Foundation. The slides were used for presentations and contain charts and graphs, information concerning insulin, and unidentified subjects.
Note – Item level cataloging may be available, consult Image Archives.
Lantern Slides - Charts and Graphs, 1936.
Box 20
Object 1-6
Lantern Slides - "Insulin" Charts and Graphs, undated.
Box 20
Object 7-24
Lantern Slides - "Etiology" Charts and Graphs, undated.
Box 20
Object 25-37
Lantern Slides - Charts, Graphs, and Text, undated.
Box 20
Folder 38-54
Lantern Slides - Charts, Graphs and Text, undated.
Box 21
Object 1-16
Lantern Slides - Charts and Graphs, undated.
Box 21
Object 17-22
Lantern Slides - Charts and Graphs, undated.
Box 21
Object 23-28
Lantern Slides - Charts and Graphs, undated.
Box 21
Object 29-31
Lantern Slides - Charts and Graphs, undated.
Box 21
Object 32-36
Lantern Slides - Charts and Graphs, undated.
Box 21
Object 37-42
Lantern Slides - Charts and Graphs, undated.
Box 21
Object 43-48
Lantern Slides - Charts, Graphs and Text, undated.
Box 21
Object 49-56
35 mm Slides - Insulin Injections - 1-26, undated.
Box 22
Object 1-26
35 mm Slides - Insulin Injections - 27-52, undated.
Box 22
Object 27-52
35 mm Slides - Insulin Reactions - Slides 1-26 Complete, undated.
Box 22
Object 53-78
35 mm Slides - II Extras/IR Extras - 8 slides, undated.
Box 22
Object 79-86
35 mm Slides - Unidentified Subjects 1-19 slides, undated.
Box 22
Object 87-106
35 mm Slides - Unidentified Subjects 2-20 slides, undated.
Box 22
Object 107-127
35 mm Slides - Unidentified Subjects 3-12 slides, undated.
Box 22
Object 128-140
35 mm Slides - Unidentified Subjects 4-48 slides, undated.
Box 22
Object 141-188
35 mm Slides - Unidentified Subjects 5-34 slides, undated.
Box 22
Object 189-222
35 mm Slides - Unidentified Subjects 6-9 slides, undated.
Box 22
Object 223-231
35 mm Slides - Unidentified Subjects 7-30 slides, undated.
Box 22
Object 232-261
Series Description
Arranged in chronological order, this series contains audio cassette recordings of lectures presented under the aegis of the Somogyi Diabetes Foundation as well as other taped lectures on topics of interest to diabetics.
"Welcome," Susan Monken - "Biographical Sketch of Dr. Somogyi; Insulin Therapy and the Somogyi Effect; Mythology of Diabetology," Harvey Walker, Jr., M.D., undated.
Box 23
Object 1
"Diet Therapy," Deanna Miller, R.D. - "Prevention of Diabetes Mellitus and its Complications and Emergencies"- Panel Discussion, undated.
Box 23
Object 2
"Exercise and the Diabetic," Gene Brown - "Aerobic Dancing," Jacki Sorensen - "T.L.C. for Health Care Workers," Debbie Halsey, B.S.N., undated.
Box 23
Object 3
"New Developments in Diabetes Research," James Gavin, M.D., undated.
Box 23
Object 4
"Pathophysiology of the Several Kinds of Diabetes Mellitus," Diana Guthrie, R.N. - "Insulin Therapy," Stewart Albert, M.D., undated.
Box 23
Object 5
"Psycho-Social Implications and the Stress of Diabetes Mellitus," Lynne Kipnis - "Nutritional Management," Pat Kind, R.D., undated.
Box 23
Object 6
"Blood Glucose Monitoring," Karen Flavin, R.N. - "Pregnancy and Diabetes," Michael Gast, M.D., undated.
Box 23
Object 7
"Clinical Research (Insulin Pump)," Neil White, M.D. - "Interpersonal Persuasion Skills," Raphael Becvar, Ph.D., undated.
Box 23
Object 8
"Insulin Reactions" (Includes 2 copies.), undated.
Box 23
Object 9
"Urine Testing" (Includes 2 copies.), undated.
Box 23
Object 10
"Living with your Diabetic Diet" (Includes 2 copies.), undated.
Box 23
Object 11
"Meal Planning During Illness" (Diabetes Education Center), undated.
Box 23
Object 12
"Dr. James Talk-1", undated.
Box 23
Object 13
"Dr. James Talk-2", undated.
Box 23
Object 14
"Trenton 10/30 - Tape 1", undated.
Box 23
Object 15
"Trenton 10/30 - Tape 2", undated.
Box 23
Object 16
Series Description
Arranged in chronological order, this series contains materials gathered for a scrapbook. There are clippings relating to Somogyi's 1936 announcement of an insulin-free diabetes treatment, his 1949 lecture at the American Chemical Society's convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey, his receipt of the Ernst Bischoff Award in 1953 and his death in 1971. All newspaper clippings have been photocopied.
St. Louis Post Dispatch - Reports on a New Treatment for Diabetes, 1936.
Box 24
Folder 1
Letter to Dr. Michael Somogyi from Carlos Hurd - commenting upon St. Louis Post Dispatch article and inquiring after any "celebrity cures." ("The case of anyone well known would of course tend to emphasize the value of the work done.") - (Somogyi's response is written in Magyar on Hurd's envelope.), 1936.
Box 24
Object 2
American Chemical Society Lecture, Atlantic City, New Jersey - 29 pages from a scrapbook (11 x 14, covered on both sides.) containing clippings of newspaper articles from across the country reporting on Somogyi's lecture, 1949 September 19.
Box 24
Folder 3
Ernst Bischoff Award (Includes clippings, letters, programs dealing with Dr. Michael Somogyi's receipt of the Ernst Bischoff Award in Clinical Chemistry in Chicago, Illinois.), 1953-1954, 1959, 1967.
Box 24
Folder 4
Newspaper Clippings, Photocopies and Reprints - Concerning the accomplishments of Dr. Michael Somogyi and giving notice of his passing, 1965, 1971.
Box 24
Folder 5