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Letter from Linus Pauling to Otto L. Gericke. Page 1. January 16, 1969
Letter from Linus Pauling to Otto L. Gericke. January 16, 1969. Page 1  Larger Images / More Information. 1 p.  View Transcript

Activity Listings

  • Check from LP to Mrs. Dorothy Marshall for $290.62. The check is also mentioned in the financial ledger as salary for 76 hours from December 1968. [Check filed under Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.038, Folder #38.4, ledger filed under LP Biographical: Business and Financial. Box #4.080, Folder #80.5].
  • Letter from Dr. J. A. Hatrick, Senior Medical Officer, St. Andrew's Hospital, RE: Tells LP that he is a psychiatrist and has been studying patients suffering from Encephalitis, which causes him to believe that some cases of schizophrenia may be caused by a viral agent. Requests copies of any relevant articles or references to published work on schizophrenia and asks LP's opinion on his theory. [Letter from LP to Hatrick, 5, 1969] [Letter from Hatrick to LP, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Correspondence, 1967-1969), Box #170, Folder #170.3]
  • Letter from Dr. Victor Herbert, Department of Medicine, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, to LP RE: Agrees that the question as to the optimum intake for vitamins should not be ignored and tells LP that the Food and Drug Administration has not been suppressing information about the importance of vitamins or making it more difficult to get them and that they have only been trying to suppress the companies that are misleading the public for profit. Includes handwritten note in top margin of page: "Common Cold". [Letter from Herbert to LP, 1969] [Letter from LP to Herbert, 5, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (H: Individual Correspondence (Helfferich - Heyrovsky)), Box #156, Folder #156.4]
  • Letter from LP to Dr. Abram Hoffer RE: Requests the name of a practicing physician in or near Seattle, Washington and also in the Portland area (or state of Oregon) that is interested in megavitamin therapy for the treatment of schizophrenia. Notes that he already knows about Dr. MacLean of British Columbia. [Letter from Hoffer to LP, 5, 1969] [Letter from LP to Hoffer, 1, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (Hoffer, Abram (1957-1989)), Box #160, Folder #160.5]
  • Letter from LP to Professor Derek A. Davenport, Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, RE: Declines the invitation to open the symposium in New York in the fall because he will be in Europe. [Letter from LP to Davenport, 1969] [Letter from Davenport to LP, 5, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (D: Correspondence, 1967-1973), Box #100, Folder #100.3]
  • Letter from LP to the Gentlemen of the Local Board 82 RE: Writes about the work of Ronald D. Eichner, a graduate student at the University of California, San Diego; discusses Eichner's work on the chemical basis of schizophrenia, specifically the biochemistry of pyridoxine (vitamin B6) in normal individuals and those with schizophrenia. Mentions that he believes Eichner is doing the work in the national interest for which he is suited. [Filed under LP Correspondence: (E: Correspondence, 1960-1969), Box #113, Folder #113.10]
  • Letter from Michael Connolly, Editor in Chief, The M.I.T. Press, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to LP RE: Inquires as to whether LP would be interested in reviewing a manuscript submitted to them entitled "Structure, Function, and Origin of Phosphates in Biochemical Systems", by Johann Matheja and Egon Degens of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Includes table of contents, foreword, and abstract. [Letter from LP to Connolly, 5, 1969] [Letter from Connolly to LP, 8, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1966-1969), Box #78, Folder #78.4]
  • Letter from Professor Seymour S. Cohen, Department of Therapeutic Research, University of Pennsylvania, to LP RE: Congratulates him on receiving the Priestley Memorial Award of Dickinson College; offers information linking Priestley and Dickinson College. Also describes the work of Dr. Thomas Cooper, who was a close friend of Priestley. [Letter from LP to Cohen, 5, 1969] [Letter from Cohen to LP, 8, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Correspondence, 1966-1969), Box #78, Folder #78.4]
  • Letter from Professor William H. Corcoran, Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, to LP RE: Asks if he would be interested in being the banquet speaker at the meeting of the Polymer Section of the Southern California Section of the American Chemical Society, with the topic of biomedical polymers. [Letter from LP to Corcoran, 5, 1969] [Letter from Corcoran to LP, 2, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (C: Individual Correspondence (Condon - Cornforth)), Box #67, Folder #67.4]
  • Note from Donald F. Glover to LP RE: Asks for LP's help to understand the current status of the natural selection theory supported by L. K. Jerne. [Letter from LP to Glover, 5, 1969] [Letter from Glover to LP, 1, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (G: Correspondence, 1966-1969), Box #143, Folder #143.4]