Activity Listings
- Check from AHP to Adohr Milk Farms for $23.06. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
- Check from AHP to Roland Maxwell for $150.00. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
- Check from LP to American Academy of Arts and Sciences for $7.50. [Filed under LP Biographical: (Business and Financial: Bank Statements and Canceled Checks, September 1950-December 1952), Box #4.021, Folder #21.2]
- Invoice from H.G. McKinney & Co. to Tom Tyler: Notes his purchase of $39.33. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial: (Assorted Bills, Receipts and Invoices, 1951-1962.), Box #4.060, Folder #60.1]
- Letter from A.H. Christian, Assistant for Personnel, Merck & Co., Inc., to LP, RE: Asks for his opinion of Dr. Dickey. [Letter from LP to Christian, October 9, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Correspondence, 1951), #98.16]
- Letter from Frederick J. Lewy, Assistant Medical Director, American Heart Association, to LP, RE: Thanks him for writing a letter of reference for Dr. Lippman. [Letter from LP to Lewy, October 1, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Lippman, Richard W.), #217.5]
- Letter from LP to Anne Roe, RE: Thanks her for the information on an imagery study in which LP was a subject. [Letter from Roe to LP, September 25, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (R: Correspondence, 1951), #340.16]
- Letter from LP to Arthur H. Livermore, Department of Chemistry, Reed College, RE: Says that he is pleased that the students find his books favorable and mentions that he is revising General Chemistry. [Letter from Livermore to LP, August 28, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1951), #230.17]
- Letter from LP to Dr. W. J. Darch, RE: Encloses a form which he can use as an application for a post-doctoral fellowship at CIT. Explains that they have a fund that permits some appointments of post-doctoral fellowships to be made, including that George Ellery Hale Fellowship in Radiation Chemistry and the Arthur Amos Noyes Fellowship in Chemistry. [Letter from Darch to LP, September 24, 1951] [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia: (CIT: Materials re: Teaching and Advising of Graduate Students by Linus Pauling, 1935-1963.), Box #1.017, Folder #17.3]
- Letter from LP to George E. Burch, School of Medicine, Tulane University. [Letters from Burch to LP, September 25, 1951 and October 9, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Burch, George E.), #33.8]
October 5, 1951
Dr. G. E. Burch
Department of Medicine
The Tulane University of Louisiana
1430 Tulane Avenue
New Orleans 12, La.
Dear George:
I am sorry that I haven't anything to say in answer to your letter about mechanism by which bio-electric potentials are maintained in the living cell. I haven't done any thinking about this field, nor have I read the literature about it.
May I ask if you have made any tests of methods for preventing crises in sickle cell anemia? It seems to me that the use of carbon monoxide therapy could be tested out in the hospital. I think that 200 ml of carbon monoxide could be safely administered to an adult, and corresponding amounts, proportional to hemoglobin content of the individual, to children. Also, Dr. Itano has suggested that a methemoglobin produced by the administration of sodium nitrite would be effective in preventing crises. It would be necessary to determine by experiment the dosage of sodium nitrite required to keep about one fifth of the hemoglobin in the oxidized (methemoglobin or ferrihemoglobin) state. Even though the pharmacological factor for carbon monoxide and for nitrite is not a large one, it might well be that a treatment of this sort would have some value.
Dr. Itano has just written a paper describing a third abnormal form of hemoglobin, associated with hereditary hemolytic anemia. This abnormal form has the same electrophoretic properties as sickle cell anemia hemoglobin, but it does not cause the cells to sickle, and its solubility properties are different.
With best regards, I am
Sincerely yours,
Linus Pauling:W
- Letter from LP to Hans Jenny, RE: States that he would be happy to help Dr. Palmer reach a decision about Mrs. Maria Kolisch. [Note from Jenny to LP, September 29, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (J: Correspondence, 1951), #192.17]
- Letter from LP to Henry Allen Moe, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation RE: Explains that he met with E.M. Corson in New York and now feels that his earlier, negative opinion of him was not justified. States that Corson hopes to apply for a fellowship and that he is not sure if he would support it but thinks he is a more able bodied chemist than he gave him credit for a few years ago. Informs him that the dedication of the new laboratory in Jamaica is going to have to be delayed because the hurricane prevented them from working on it. Notifies him that he is planning a trip to India for December and January but that he hopes it will still be possible to serve on the selection committee. Asks if the fellowship applications could be sent to him by airmail to India so that he can read over them and make notes and then be ready for the first selection meeting in February, but discusses someone to stand in his place on the committee if that’s not possible. Informs him that he has been chosen to be the first recipient of the Gilbert Newton Lewis Medal, awarded by the California Section of the American Chemical Society in honor of the their Golden Jubilee and the national organization’s diamond jubilee. [Letter from Moe to LP, October 8, 1951] [Filed under LP Science: (John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1946-1952), Box #14.014, Folder #14.6]
- Letter from LP to John W. Shirley, Dean of the Basic Division of the College, North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering, University of North Carolina Raleigh, RE: Encloses a copy of his protein papers. States that he is glad that Shirley is getting along well and discusses the Pauling family. [Letter from Shirley to LP, September 25, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1951), #378.5]
- Letter from LP to Kenneth Macleiah, Associate Editor, Life, RE: Says that Life did an excellent job on the article describing LP and Corey’s protein papers. Says it was a joy to work with Mr. Ginna. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Life) #219.3]
- Letter from LP to Lena Weinbaum RE: Says that he is pleased that she has moved to Pasadena and asks her to let him know what he can do in connection with parole for Sidney. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Weinbaum, Sidney, 1951), #433.6]
- Letter from LP to Oliver H. Gardner, The Best Fertilizers Co., RE: Recommends that he ask another university for help because no one at the Institute has experience in the field of electrochemistry in question. [Letter from Gardner to LP, September 10, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1951), #140.15]
- Letter from LP to President T. W. J. Taylor, University College of the West Indies, RE: Says that if the trip around the world takes place he would be able to fit a visit to Jamaica in around April 15, if that trip blows up then he would be able to fit it in during trips to New York in February and March. [Letter from Taylor to LP, October 3, 1951 and Cable from Taylor to LP, October 9, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Taylor, T. W.), #405.7]
- Letter from LP to Prof. E.B. Wilson, RE: Informs him how to distribute the over-charge fee. Expresses his wish for the paid circulation of the Proceedings to increase. He suggests going back to the old exchange system and increase the circulation of papers. [Correspondence from Prof. E.B. Wilson to LP, September 15, 1951] [Filed under LP Science: (National Academy of Sciences, 1945-1951); Box #14.019, Folder #19.4]
- Letter from LP to Richard E. Lingenfelter, RE: Attaches his revised periodic chart. [Letters from Lingenfelter to LP, September 17, 1951 and November 20, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1951), #230.17]
- Letter from LP to Robert C. Cowen, RE: States that he was interested to know that Cowen is investigating the matter of Russian ideas about the chemical bond. Discusses papers on this subject. States that he is too busy to send Cowen material about chemical theories. Suggests that he contact the Chemistry Department at Harvard to obtain information. [Letter from Cowen to LP, September 28, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1951), #74.19]
- Letter from LP to Sidney Weinbaum, RE: States that he just returned from his trip back east and that everything went well. He goes on to explain the problems that he encountered with his recent paper on the two helical structures. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Weinbaum, Sidney, 1951), #433.6]
- Letter from LP to W. H. Freeman, W. H. Freeman & Co., RE: Explains that he did not speak with the Formosa Chinese in New York. Says that the matter of the Chinese translator remains unchanged. [Filed under LP Books: 1947b6.2]
- Letter from Thomas E. Stimson, Jr., Popular Mechanics Magazine, to LP, RE: Asks LP to review the enclosed copy of the final draft of the protein molecule subject. Returns the diffraction photos that he borrowed from Dr. Donahue. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (P: Correspondence, 1951), #312.6]
- Letter from Walter A. Bara, McGraw Hill Book Company, to LP, RE: States that he has written to Prof. Ogasawara for more details on his manuscript. Says that they are giving him permission to publish the manuscript since it would contribute to a wider distribution of LP and Wilson’s book in Japan. [Letter from LP to Benjamin, August 6, 1951 and Letter from LP to Bara, October 18, 1951] [Filed under LP Books: 1935b.1]
- Manuscript Notes: “A New Dimension of Partial Ionic Character”, October 5, 1951. [Filed under LP Science: (Manuscript Notes by Linus Pauling re: Chemical Bonds, 1944-1953), Box #3.005, Folder #5.36]
- Note from Herbert Harned, Sterling Chemistry Laboratory, Yale University, to LP, RE: Encloses his address and directions to his home for his arrival in New Haven. [Letters from LP to Harned, September 28, 1951 and October 12, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Harned Herbert), #151.13]
- Wire Message from F. J. Toole, Department of Chemistry, University of New Brunswick, to LP, RE: Asks LP to encourage Harlow Shapley to accept the invitation to give the Priestman Memorial Lectures at the University of New Brunswick. [Letter from Toole to LP, October 12, 1951 and Letter from LP to Toole, October 12, 1951] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Toole, Frank J.), #407.8]
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