Title:

Letter from Michael Heidelberger to A. D. Hershey

Creator:

Heidelberger, Michael

Recipient:

Washington University (Saint-Louis, Mo.). School of Medicine and Hershey, A. D. (Alfred Day), 1908-

Date:

28 July 1942

Description:

In this letter Heidelberger offered a detailed page-by-page review of three papers by Hershey, in which he developed a mathematical theory of the kinetics--the rate and mechanisms--of precipitin and agglutinin reactions. The letter illustrates Heidelberger's unrivalled knowledge and command of quantitative micromethods in immunochemistry.

Location:

Box: 3. Folder: 3

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Antigen-Antibody Reactions, Bacteriophages, and Kinetics

Format:

Text

Extent:

3 pages

Relation:

Letter from A. D. Hershey to Michael Heidelberger, 1942

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

DHBBJM

NLM ID:

101584940X135

Profiles Collection:

The Michael Heidelberger Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584940X135

Story Section:

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