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Letter from Walter Treadway to Lawrence Kolb

Creator:: Treadway, Walter L. (Walter Lewis), 1886-1973
Title:: Letter from Walter Treadway to Lawrence Kolb
Date:: 30 September 1935
Description:: Treadway asked Kolb to help carry out a PHS evaluation of a recently synthesized opiate drug, dihydrodesoxymorphine-D (aka desomorphine) especially regarding its addiction potential.
Rights:: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Genre:: Letters (correspondence)
Format:: Text
Extent:: 3 pages
Language:: English
NLM ID:: 9918351284206676X213
Profiles Collection:: The Lawrence Kolb Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/9918351284206676X213
Story Section:: DOJ Medical Facility in Springfield, MO, and the PHS Narcotic Farm in Lexington, KY, 1932-1938
Exhibit Tags:: DOJ
Recipient:: Kolb, Lawrence, 1881-1972