Papers, 1944-1952.

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Papers, 1944-1952.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122348102

The papers of this prominent medical researcher trace Dr. Schatz's role in the discovery of streptomycin and the subsequent lawsuit over the patent. The materials include correspondence, notes, clippings, court records, patent applications, telegrams, photographs, and a play on the discovery. The collection also contains a small group of satiric articles on Twerpwyck University. One of the prominent correspondents is Selman A. Waksman, the researcher credited with the discovery of streptomycin.

3 cubic ft. (6 boxes).

Temple University Libraries, Paley Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6686718

Temple University Libraries, Paley Library

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Waksman, Selman A. (Selman Abraham), 1888-1973

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Microbiologist. From the description of Selman A. Waksman papers, 1915-1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980240 Selman Abraham Waksman was born in Priluka, Russia, on July 22, 1888 to the merchant Jacob Waksman and his wife Fradia (London). Waksman graduated from the Fifth Gymnasium in Odessa, Russia, and came to the United States in 1910. He entered Rutgers College in 1911, where he worked under another Russian emigreĢ, Dr. Jacob G. Lipman, whose primary r...

Schatz, Albert, 1920-2005

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Dr. Albert Schatz is a medical researcher credited with joint discovery of the drug streptomycin in 1943, the first major remedy against tuberculosis. Schatz joined the Temple Univ. faculty in 1969 and in 1977 he was decorated by the French government for his service to humanity. Schatz. lost the 1952 Nobel Prize for Medicine to Selman Waksman but he gained international recognition for his study of the impact of water fluoridation on infant mortality in Chile. ...