The Michael Heidelberger Papers

Title:

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

Description:

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.

Number of Image Pages:

1 (49,056 Bytes)

Date:

1932-05-02 (May 2, 1932)

Creator:

Flexner, Simon

Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research

Recipient:

Heidelberger, Michael

Rights:

Courtesy of Michael Heidelberger.

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Subject:

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):: Immunochemistry; Precipitin Tests

Exhibit Category:

Antigens and Antibodies: Heidelberger and The Rise of Quantitative Immunochemistry, 1928-1954

Relation:

Letter from Michael Heidelberger to Simon Flexner, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (April 21, 1932)

Box Number: 2

Folder Number: 21

Unique Identifier:

DHBBGN

Document Type:

Letters (correspondence)

Language:

English

Format:

application/pdf

image/tif

Physical Condition:

Good

Folder: MS C 245 (first finding aid)

Metadata Last Modified Date:

2006-06-28

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