May 3, 1943 - Linus Pauling Day-by-Day

Chemistry 1c Freshman Chemistry. Notice for Instructors concerning recitation and laboratory [Filed LP Biographical: Academia: Box 1.013, Folder 13.4]

Entry in research notebook by J. M. Ploeser, National Research Defense Committee, on NDRC-11. [Filed under LP Science: Materials re: Non-Pauling War Work, 1942-44: Box #13.007 Folder #7.3]

Letter from LP to Dr. Alpheus Bell RE: Regrets that he will be unable to visit Radford due to scheduling errors. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #37.10, file:(B: Correspondence 1943)]

Letter from LP to Dr. Thomas Addis. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #2.1, file:(Addis, Thomas 1940-1945)]

May 3, 1943

Dr. T. Addis

Stanford University

School of Medicine

2398 Sacramento Street

San Francisco, California

Dear Tom:

I was very glad to see your two letters when I got back from the East on Friday.

A week ago Friday I had a good visit with Dr. Robert Loeb, whom I had not met before. He talked to me a long time about the blood substitute situation. He told me that so much human plasma is being collected that the C.M.R. now feels that the blood substitute problem is no longer so urgent as it was a year ago. Moreover, the unsatisfactory outcome of the bovine albumin project has discouraged the blood substitute group somewhat. Nevertheless, his committee will, I think, support some blood substitute work, such as that which we are carrying on.

I am glad to learn that you are now getting more promising results with pectin than before.

Why do you not write to Loeb and submit to him your suggestion regarding the possible use of human globin? It seems to me that this idea might well be worth some preliminary work. I suppose that there is some danger that the process of removal of the hemes would alter the globin in such a way as to produce toxic reactions, but this could be answered only be experiment.

We are going to start out now to prepare a large amount of our polyoxy gelatin, and to give it as complete characterization by physical-chemical methods as possible, before submitting it to physiologists. I hope that we shall have some ready for you before many months have gone by.

Dr. Koepfli told me that you had composed a fine letter to the C.M.R., advocating that more technical aides be hired and that other similar measures be adopted to improve the efficiency of the Committee. He said that he had obtained several signatures for the letter down here. I am glad that you have gone ahead with this work, along these lines. Robert Loeb told me that he had difficulty in keeping up with his C.M.R. duties, because he does not have any technical assistance. I think that he should have a technical aide.

We were all happy to have you and Mrs. Addis here, and I hope to see you again before long.

Sincerely yours,

Linus Pauling

LP/pp

Letter from LP to Mr. John A. Stevenson, The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co., RE: States he is now reading the book that Stevenson sent to him, and extends his thanks. [Letter from John A. Stevenson to LP April 9, 1943] [Filed under LP Correspondence: (S: Correspondence, 1943), #377.13]

Letter from LP to Prof. Arthur B. Lamb RE: Recommends for publication the manuscript “The Configuration of Starch in the Starch-Iodine Complex. III” by Rundle and French. Goes on to make suggestions on the content. [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #191.1, file:(Journal of the American Chemical Society)]

Letter from LP to R. C. Newton, Chairman, Chicago Section. RE: Cannot accept his kind invitation to be the guests at the Willard Gibbs Award. [Filed under LP Science: American Chemical Society: Materials re: Committees and Awards, 1948-1951, 1967: Box #14.010 Folder #10.7]

Letter from LP to Reba Paeff Mirsky RE: Regrets he did not receive her letter until his return from the east. Adds that he was unable to see her or Alfred while he was in New York on April 23rd. Requests she write if there is anything he can help with. [Notes from Mirsky to LP April 16, 1943, November 1, 1943] [Filed under LP Correspondence: Box #248.3, file:(Mirsky, Alfred)]

Propositions Submitted by Charles D. Wagner for the PhD Oral Examination. [LP Biographical CIT: Materials re: Teaching and Advising of Graduate Students by Linus Pauling, 1935-1963: Box #1.016, Folder 16.1]

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