Letter from Simon Flexner, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research to Michael Heidelberger

Letter from Simon Flexner, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research to Michael Heidelberger

Contributor(s):
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
Heidelberger, Michael
Flexner, Simon
Publication:
Produced: 2 May 1932
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Immunochemistry
Precipitin Tests
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
In this letter, Flexner, the long-time director of the Rockefeller Institute and Heidelberger's former boss, acknowledged Heidelberger's criticism of experimental evidence on the use of antiserum to type III pneumococcus presented by Hugh K. Ward, an immunologist at Harvard University Medical School, in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, vol. 55 (1932). Flexner compared Heidelberger's meticulous and painstaking quantitative studies of antibody-antigen reactions to the skills of "a fine Swiss watchmaker." He also expressed his and Heidelberger's shared interest in classical music performances.
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Extent:
1 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584940X94 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
DHBBGN
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584940X94
Archival Collection:
The Michael Heidelberger Papers (Profiles in Science)