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Fess Took Me for a Polysaccha-ride

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Identifier: 101584940X64
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Dates

  • Creation: [August 1935]

Extent

2 pages

Creator

Description

Heidelberger, a trained musician and accomplished clarinetist, composed this humorous song to commemorate his collaboration with Avery in the discovery of the specific soluble substances (referred to as SSS in the song), the antigens of pneumococcus bacteria, which Heidelberger and Avery determined were polysaccharides. Several of Avery's colleagues, including Heidelberger, Alphonse R. Dochez, and Walter W. (Bill) Palmer, are mentioned in the song's... lyrics.

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Language of Materials

English

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