Title:

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

Creator:

Boston University
Boyd, William C.

Recipient:

Heidelberger, Michael

Date:

10 December 1940

Description:

In this letter and its appendix Boyd, who had on several occasions disagreed with Heidelberger's quantitative theories of antibody-antigen reactions, asked him to respond to statements on unsettled issues in immunology made by an unnamed scientist as a way of clarifying Heidelberger's own position on these matters.

Location:

Box: 1. Folder: 22

Rights:

Courtesy of Michael Heidelberger.

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Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Precipitins, Agglutination, Antigen-Antibody Reactions, and Allergy and Immunology

Format:

Text

Extent:

2 pages

Relation:

Letter from Michael Heidelberger to William C. Boyd, Boston University, 1940

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

DHBBFL

NLM ID:

101584940X71

Profiles Collection:

The Michael Heidelberger Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584940X71

Story Section:

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