Title:

Letter from Florence R. Sabin to Charles A. Doan

Creator:

Sabin, Florence R.

Recipient:

Doan, Charles A.

Date:

8 February 1938

Description:

Doan worked with Sabin at the Rockefeller Institute from 1925 to 1930, and corresponded with her regularly long afterwards. Here Sabin notes that she has sent him a hearth brush and his daughter a copy of Alice in Wonderland. She then gives a detailed account of her studies of tubercle polysaccharides, and the effects of various controls, along with details of a new slide-fixing technique developed by Dr. Austin Joyner.

Original Repository:

The American Philosophical Society. Library. Florence R. Sabin Papers

Location:

Folder: Doan, Charles, #2

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of Geraldine F. Swan.

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Tuberculosis and Leukemia

Format:

Text

Extent:

2 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. American Philosophical Society. Library. Florence R. Sabin Papers. 11332

Legacy ID:

RRBBJN

NLM ID:

101584641X136

Profiles Collection:

The Florence R. Sabin Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584641X136

Story Section:

At the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, 1925-1938