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1. Charles J. Heidelberger (Michael's brother) and Michael Heidelberger

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2. Michael Heidelberger's high school graduation photo

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3. Goethe as a Scientist

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4. Excerpt from Michael Heidelberger's scrapbook during his postdoctoral stay in Europe

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5. Walter A. Jacobs

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6. Menu from Michael Heidelberger's good-bye dinner after his postdoctoral stay in Europe

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7. Letter from Richard Willstatter, Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule to Michael Heidelberger

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8. Michael Heidelberger in his lab coat

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9. Certificate of completion of military training camp at Plattsburgh, NY

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10. Nina Tachau Heidelberger

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11. Wedding March [Sheet music]

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12. Michael Heidelberger with his first wife, Nina Tachau Heidelberger, and his mother-in-law Fanny Tachau on his wedding day

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13. Excerpt from Michael Heidelberger's laboratory notebook

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14. Letter from United States Army, Office of the Surgeon General to Michael Heidelberger

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15. Estimated Number of Cases of Syphilis Among Adults

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16. List of Approved Pamphlets, Exhibits, etc. for Social Hygiene Education

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17. Memorandum from Michael Heidelberger to the United States Army, Office of the Surgeon General

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18. Chemotherapy of Trypanosome and Spirochete Infections: Chemical Series. I. N-Phenylglycineamide-p-Arsonic Acid

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19. Michael Heidelberger and his son, Charles

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20. Letter from Louise Pearce to Michael Heidelberger

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21. A Method for the Preparation of Crystalline Oxyhemoglobin

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22. Letter from Simon Flexner to Michael Heidelberger

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23. Letter from Jacques Loeb to Michael Heidelberger

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24. Lab notes from Michael Heidelberger and Oswald Avery's experiments on pneumococcus bacteria and polysaccharides (2 of 4)

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25. Letter from Karl Landsteiner to Michael Heidelberger

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26. Lab notes from Michael Heidelberger and Oswald Avery's experiments on pneumococcus bacteria and polysaccharides (1 of 4)

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27. On the Antigenic Properties of Hemoglobin

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28. Excerpts from Michael Heidelberger's diary during his sabbatical studies in Europe

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

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30. Lab notes from Michael Heidelberger and Oswald Avery's experiments on pneumococcus bacteria and polysaccharides (4 of 4)

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31. Michael Heidelberger

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32. Lab notes from Michael Heidelberger and Oswald Avery's experiments on pneumococcus bacteria and polysaccharides (3 of 4)

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33. Immunological Relationships of Cell Constituents of Pneumococcus: Second Paper

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34. The Soluble Specific Substance of Pneumococcus: Third Paper

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35. Letter from Phoebus A. Levene, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research to Michael Heidelberger

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36. The Soluble Specific Substance of Pneumococcus: IV. On the Nature of the Specific Polysaccharide of Type III Pneumococcus

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37. Letter from Richard Willstatter to Michael Heidelberger

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38. The Chemical Nature of Immune Substances

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39. The Soluble Specific Substance of Pneumococcus: V. On the Chemical Nature of the Aldobionic Acid from the Specific Polysaccharide of Type III Pneumococcus

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40. A Quantitative Study of the Precipitin Reaction between Type III Pneumococcus Polysaccharide and Purified Homologous Antibody

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41. Theodor (The) Svedberg

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42. Michael Heidelberger

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43. Walter W. Palmer

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44. Michael Heidelberger, his first wife Nina, and their son Charles (approximately age 12)

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45. Some Physicochemical Properties of Specific Polysaccharides

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46. Quantitative Studies on the Precipitin Reaction: The Determination of Small Amounts of a Specific Polysaccharide

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

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

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49. Letter from Richard Willstatter to Michael Heidelberger

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50. Immunochemistry

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51. Studies on the Precipitin Reaction: Precipitating Haptens; Species Differences in Antibodies

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52. Quantitative Studies on the Precipitin Reaction: Antibody Production in Rabbits Injected with an Azo Protein

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53. Quantitative Studies on the Precipitin Reaction: The Role of Multiple Reactive Groups in Antigen-Antibody Union as Illustrated by an Instance of Cross-Precipitation

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54. Letter from Kai O. Pedersen to Michael Heidelberger

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55. Letter from Michael Heidelberger to Kai O. Pedersen

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56. Immunochemistry

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57. Letter from Kai O. Pedersen to Michael Heidelberger

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58. Letter from Michael Heidelberger to Kai O. Pedersen

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59. The Precipitin Reaction between Type III Pneumococcus Polysaccharide and Homologous Antibody: III. A Quantitative Study and a Theory of the Reaction Mechanism

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60. Fess Took Me for a Polysaccha-ride

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61. Letter from Oswald T. Avery to Michael Heidelberger

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62. Chemical Studies on Bacterial Agglutination: II. The Identity of Precipitin and Agglutinin

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63. Letter from K. Starr Chester, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research to Michael Heidelberger

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64. Quantitative Studies on the Precipitin Reaction: Effect of Salts on the Reaction

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65. Quantitative Studies on Antibody Purification: I. The Dissociation of Precipitates Formed by Pneumococcus Specific Polysaccharides and Homologous Antibodies

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66. The Specific Polysaccharides of Types I, II, and III Pneumococcus: A Revision of Methods and Data

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67. Letter from Kai O. Pedersen to Michael Heidelberger

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68. The Structure of Natural and Synthetic Antigens

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69. Letter from Michael Heidelberger to the Bache Fund

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70. The Molecular Weight of Antibodies

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71. Chemical Studies on Bacterial Agglutination: III. A Reaction Mechanism and a Quantitative Theory

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72. Letter from Elvin A. Kabat to Michael Heidelberger

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73. Letter from Max Delbruck, California Institute of Technology to Michael Heidelberger

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74. Letter from Michael Heidelberger to Max Delbruck, California Institute of Technology

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75. Letter from Elvin A. Kabat to Michael Heidelberger

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76. Quantitative Absolute Methods in the Study of Antigen-Antibody Reactions

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77. Letter from Percival Hartley, Medical Research Council of Great Britain to Michael Heidelberger

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78. Letter from Michael Heidelberger to Hugh S. Taylor, Princeton University

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79. Letter from Hugh S. Taylor, Princeton University to Michael Heidelberger

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80. Letter from Michael Heidelberger to Hugh S. Taylor, Princeton University

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81. Letter from Michael Heidelberger to Charles D. Hurd, Northwestern University

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82. Letter from Richard Willstatter to Michael Heidelberger

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83. Letter from Charles D. Hurd, Northwestern University to Michael Heidelberger

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84. Letter from Kai O. Pedersen to Michael Heidelberger

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85. Letter from Michael Heidelberger to E. J. Crane, Chemical Abstracts

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86. Michael Heidelberger in his Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons office

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87. Michael Heidelberger

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88. Letter from Geddes Smith, Commonwealth Fund to Michael Heidelberger

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89. Letter from Michael Heidelberger to Geddes Smith, Commonwealth Fund

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90. Letter from Charles A. Doan, Ohio State University to Michael Heidelberger

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91. Letter from Michael Heidelberger to Charles A. Doan, Ohio State University

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92. Letter from Richard Willstatter to Michael Heidelberger

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93. Letter from Linus Pauling to Michael Heidelberger

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94. Letter from John R. Marrack, London Hospital, Hale Clinical Laboratory to Michael Heidelberger

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95. Letter from Linus Pauling to Michael Heidelberger

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96. Letter from Michael Heidelberger to Linus Pauling

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97. Lab notes on complement fixation experiments

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98. Letter from A. M. Pappenheimer, Jr., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine to Michael Heidelberger

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99. Letter from Michael Heidelberger to A. M. Pappenheimer, Jr., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

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100. Letter from William C. Boyd, Boston University to Michael Heidelberger

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