January 25, 1968 - Linus Pauling Day-by-Day

Memorandum, from LP to Bruno Zimm, Chairman of Chemistry Department, University of California, San Diego, RE: LP's grad student told his secretary that he thought the assigned problem was too difficult. [Filed under LP Biographical: Academia, University of California, San Diego, 1960, 1966-1969, 1970, 1978. Box # 1.037, Folder # 37.4 Departmental Correspondence: University of California, San Diego, 1968.]

Bank Statement: December 22, 1967 through January 25, 1968. Balance: $50.74. [Filed under LP Biographical: Financial, Tax Documents, 1965-1972, Box # 4.003, Folder # 3.4, Personal Income tax, 1968.]

Bill: Pacific Telephone, $40.37. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial Assorted Bills, Receipts and Invoices, 1965-1968, Box # 4.062, Folder # 62.2, Receipts, 1967-1968.]

Bill: San Diego Gas & Electric Company, $21.14. [Filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial Assorted Bills, Receipts and Invoices, 1965-1968, Box # 4.062, Folder # 62.2, Receipts, 1967-1968.]

Letter from Dennis Fox to LP, RE: Fox comments on LP's lecture he attended. He writes about studying a species of colored molecule gorgonian coral and how he would like to discuss his work with LP sometime. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box# 120, Folder# 120.11]

Letter from Jana Junkermann, Secretary to LP, to Mr. Henry Hewett, RE: Junkermann writes that LP has received the letter and has not been able to locate the Verve record yet. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box# 170, Folder# 170.2]

Letter from LP to Brother Gonzales, RE: LP gives the name and address for a company that would have a teacher's manual with answers for his book third edition of college chemistry. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box# 143, Folder# 143.3]

Letter from LP to I. F. Congleton, RE: LP informs Congleton of not knowing Dr. Meyerhoff although he knows the Kaiser hospital. He recommends Congleton contact a psychiatrist in Los Angeles and gives the address. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box# 78, Folder# 78.3]

Letter from LP to Mr. Duane Wyckoff, Administrator, Mesa Vista Hospital. [Letter from Duane Wyckoff to LP, 2, 1968] [Filed under LP Science: Orthomolecular Medicine and Mental Health: Correspondence concerning orthomolecular psychiatry, 1962-1988, Box# 11.079, Folder# 79.2]

January 25, 1968

Mr. Duane Wyckoff

Administrator

Mesa Vista Hospital

7850 Vista Hill

San Diego, California

Dear Mr. Wyckoff:

I am writing a preliminary letter of inquiry to you, at the suggestion of Dr. Jonas Salk.

I am carrying on research on schizophrenia—I have been working on the molecular basis of mental disease for about fifteen years. In the course of this work my associates and I have had access to mental patients in County-University Hospital, San Diego. We have need, however, for access to patients with chronic schizophrenia, who are not available to us at County-University Hospital. I asked Dr. Salk for advice about this problem, and he recommended that I talk with you.

The work that we are doing is a study of the metabolism of vital substances, especially vitamins. Our immediate program involves only the following steps: collection of a sample of urine, administration by mouth of a dose of ascorbic acid, collection of a second sample of urine, collection of a third sample of urine. We should like to carry out this test for about one or two dozen patients who are diagnosed as having schizophrenia.

I enclose a copy of the release form that we have been using.

Later on we shall, I think, want to carry out similar studies with other vitamins, and it might be desirable to carry them out on the same patients. Also, there is the possibility that we would want to repeat the ascorbic-acid tests.

If there is the possibility that we could make arrangements to carry on work of this sort in Mesa Vista Hospital or Vista Hill Hospital, possibly in collaboration with the Vista Hill Psychiatric Foundation, I should be glad to come to see you to talk about the matter.

Sincerely,

Linus Pauling

LP:jj

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