Title:

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

Creator:

Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
Flexner, Simon

Recipient:

Heidelberger, Michael

Date:

2 May 1932

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.

Location:

Box: 2. Folder: 21

Rights:

Courtesy of Michael Heidelberger.

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Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Immunochemistry and Precipitin Tests

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Relation:

Letter from Michael Heidelberger to Simon Flexner, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, 1932

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

DHBBGN

NLM ID:

101584940X94

Profiles Collection:

The Michael Heidelberger Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584940X94

Story Section:

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