sir henry hallett dale pharmacologist (1 Ergebnisse)

For his study of acetylcholine as agent in the chemical transmission of nerve impulses (neurotransmission) Dale shared the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Otto Loewi. For more information on letter's recipient Richard A. Hunter see Munk's Roll. Both items in good condition, lightly aged, the letter having a few unobtrusive pinholes to the top inner corner. ONE: TLS to Hunter, signed 'H. H. Dale'. 1p, 12mo. The letterhead, in addition to naming the five trustees, states that the 'Scientific Secretary of the Wellcome Trust is 'Dr. F. H. K. Green, C.B.E., F.R.C.P.', and after a reference to a cutting Hunter has sent him from the Manchester Guardian, Dale writes: 'Green told me about the fine library which your mother and you possess, and I shall certainly hope to have, some time, such an opportunity as Professor Fulton has already enjoyed. | The Trustees [of the Wellcome Trust] have been interested to watch the result which you are making of their grant, to enable you to produce so interesting a series of periodical publications.' For information on the recipient see Munk's role. CARD: 12 x 10.5 cm black and white photograph of Dale seated, pen in hand, at desk with papers on it, laid down on front of 18.5 x 13.5 cm card carrying printed christmas wishes of the Wellcome Trustees, and the caption to the photograph: 'The chairman at his desk'. Beneath the photograph on the front of the card Dale signs 'Henry H. Dale'. From the distinguished autograph collection of the psychiatrist Richard Alfred Hunter (1923-1981), whose collection of 7000 works relating to psychiatry is now in Cambridge University Library. Hunter and his mother Ida Macalpine had a particular interest in the illness of King George III, and their book 'George III and the Mad Business' (1969) suggested the diagnosis of porphyria popularised by Alan Bennett in his play 'The Madness of George III'.