A. T. Brand

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

Alexander Theodore Brand
Born	1852 Chicago
Died	23 June 1934(1934-06-23) (aged 81–82)
Occupation(s)	Physician, 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

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.