Activity Listings
- Letter from Frances Lucile Pauling to LP RE: has accepted an invite from Dr. Christensen, she and Ron will see LP and AHP at the country club, discusses a statehood banquet of the Sons and Daughters of Oregon that she attended. Mentions that their great-grandfather Calvin Neal came to Oregon in 1844. [Filed under LP Biographical: Family Correspondence. Box #5.053, Folder #53.22].
- Letter from Jana Junkermann, Secretary to LP, to Bell-Craig, Inc., RE: Requests that they send an HOD testing kit and forward the invoice to the Chemistry Department Purchasing. [Letter from Bell-Craig, Inc., to Junkermann, 7, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (B: Correspondence, 1969-1971), Box #43, Folder #43.1]
- Letter from Jana Junkermann, Secretary to LP, to Janice Mack RE: Tells her that it will not be possible for LP to complete her questionnaire in time for her paper on March 15th because LP & AHP will beginning a lecture and will not be able to tend to correspondence until they return in the spring. [Letter from LP to Mack, 1969] [Letter from Mack to Junkermann, 7, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (M: Correspondence, 1968-1971), Box #261, Folder #261.2]
- Letter from LP [Signed by Dr. Pauling's secretary] to George and Bobbie Miller RE: Apologizes for being slow to answer their letter; mentions that he believes megavitamin therapy for their daughter, Linda, will help her improve and help her hair continue to grow in. [Letter from LP to Miller, 1969] [Letter from Miller to LP, 7, 1969] [Letter from LP to Miller, 4, 1969] [Filed under AHP's Siblings: (Genealogy, Biographical Information, and Correspondence), Box #3.024, Folder #24.4]
- Letter from LP to Dr. Bernard L. Strehler RE: Tells Strehler that he has decided not to read the manuscript and returns it to him. Says that he does not want to be bothered with whether something is confidential or not confidential or with an idea that may be patented. Mentions that Strehler did not enclose any information about the Association for the Advancement of Aging Research, though he doubts that he will want to be a member of the advisory board. [Letter from LP to Strehler, 4, 1969] [Letter from Strehler to LP, 7, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1968-1969), Box #385, Folder #385.2]
- Letter from LP to Dr. Charles E. Lyght, Editor, Merck, Sharpe, and Dohme Research Laboratories. [Letter from Lyght to LP, 7, 1969] [Letter from LP to Bolton, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1967-1971), Box #234, Folder #234.3]
February 17, 1969
Editor, Merck, Sharpe and Dohtne
Research Laboratories
West Point, Penna. 19486
Dear Dr. Lyght:
During recent years I have had occasion to read the Merck Manual, 11th Edition, and I have made note of some points that may be worth mentioning to you.
I shall write now only about the section Special Baths, beginning on page 1690.
Item 6 is on Sulfur Baths, which are said to have a mild fungistatic and keroatolytic effect.
From the description it is clear that a sulfur bath contains the sulfide ion or hydrosulfide sion. One way of making a sulfur bath is said to be to add five or ten teaspoons of zinc sulfate to a tub two thirds filled with water.
This statement is, of course, not true. A solution of zinc sulfate does not contain any sulfide ion or hydrosulfide ion, and it would not undergo any reaction to produce these ions. This solution is, moreover, not fungistatic and keroatolytic; it is, instead, astringent. The other solutions mentioned, of sodium sulfide and calcium sulfide, are alkaline; a solution of zinc sulfate is acidic.
There is no compound of zinc that can give a sulfur bath. Zinc sulfide is insoluble, and any solution of zinc and sulfide would react to produce this insoluble sulfide.
I judge that reference to zinc sulfate in this section was made by error. Perhaps you intended to describe an astringent bath—an acidic bath made by adding sine sulfate to water.
I note also that the name Sulfurated Lime Solution is used for calcium sulfide solution. The Merck Index, 7th edition, page 198, mentions that calcium sulfide is erroneously called "Sulfurated Lime". Probably the correct name should be given in the Merck Manual.
Sincerely yours,
Linus Pauling
LP:jj
- Letter from LP to Dr. Stig Akerfeldt KABI Virology Laboratory RE: Thanks him for the information on schizophrenia sent in letter dated February 13, 1969. Tells him that LP has been studying how various vitamins affect schizophrenics. [Filed under LP Science: (Orthomolecular Medicine and Mental Health: Correspondence), Box # 11.079, Folder # 79.4]
- Letter from LP to Dr. Stig Ǻkerfeldt, Virology Laboratory, Kabi, RE: Thanks him for the information about his work and the work of others on ceruloplasmin; mentions that he is working on studies about how schizophrenics handle various vitamins. [Letter from Ǻkerfeldt to LP, 7, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (A: Correspondence, 1966-1969), Box #15, Folder #15.4]
- Letter from LP to Gail & Al Loetman RE: Thanks them for writing to him and mentions that he is glad to know what Dr. Cott has prescribed for Al and hopes that Al will continue getting better. [Letter from LP to Loetman, 2, 1969] [Letter from Loetman to LP, 7, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (L: Correspondence, 1967-1971), Box #234, Folder #234.3]
- Letter from LP to Stanley Schaefer, W. H. Freeman and Company, RE: Returns some of the galleys of the Campbell book and attaches a sheet with his comments on a part in Chapter 9 entitled "Some Probability Ideas". [Letter from Schaefer to LP, 7, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (W. H. Freeman and Company, 1960-1992, No Date), Box #440, Folder #440.10]
- Newspaper Clipping: "McGill Agrees On Extension for Marcuse", San Diego (California) Evening Tribune. [Filed under LP Biographical: Newspaper Clippings: Box: 1969n, Folder: 1969n2].
- Note from Leland C. Scott to LP RE: Tells LP that he met Dr. Cott in New York City and that they discussed the chemistry of the mind. Notes that he asked Cott for references to literature on psycho-chemistry, but that Cott gave the names of Hoffer, Osmond, and Cohen. Mentions that Cott suggested he write to LP and requests that LP send him any available information regarding the neuro-psycho-chemical subject area. Includes handwritten note by LP in bottom margin of page: "Sent 2/25/69". [Letter from LP to Scott, 7, 1969] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1968-1969), Box #385, Folder #385.2]
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