Title:

Letter from A. D. Hershey to Michael Heidelberger

Creator:

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

Recipient:

Heidelberger, Michael

Date:

4 August 1942

Description:

In this letter Hershey replied to Heidelberger's detailed comments on methods and evidence presented in three papers by Hershey, which outlined a mathematical theory of the kinetics--the rate and mechanisms--of immune reactions, namely precipitation and agglutination.

Location:

Box: 3. Folder: 3

Rights:

Courtesy of Michael Heidelberger.

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Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Antigen-Antibody Reactions, Bacteriophages, and Kinetics

Format:

Text

Extent:

3 pages

Relation:

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

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

DHBBJN

NLM ID:

101584940X136

Profiles Collection:

The Michael Heidelberger Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584940X136

Story Section:

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