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Otto Loewi Laboratory Notebooks and Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 132

Abstract

Contains laboratory notebooks, correspondence, and a copy of his autobiographical sketch.

Dates

  • Creation: 1944-1960

Extent

0.42 Linear Feet (1 box)

Creator

Physical Location

Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

Language of Materials

Collection materials primarily in English and German

Restrictions

Collection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access.

Copyright and Re-use Information

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Biographical Note

In 1936 Otto Loewi and Sir Henry Hallet Dale were awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine for their discoveries relating to chemical transmission of nerve impulses. Only two years later he was imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp. Forced to hand over his share of the Nobel Prize money as ransom for his life, Loewi escaped to England without a penny to his name. In June 1940, armed with a doctor's certificate proclaiming his - "senility...... not able to earn a living!" Loewi reached the United States to discover the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory in Massachusetts. During the summers he augmented his study of cells, their structure and how they function in relation to each other. As a permanent research professor at New York University College of Medicine, Loewi illustrated how a great mind honed on the classics could perceive scientific truths that might otherwise have been overlooked.

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Collection Summary

Contains laboratory notebooks, 1944-1952, from the period when Loewi was a researcher at the New York University College of Medicine and a copy of his autobiographical sketch, 1960, which was originally printed in Perspectives in Biology and Medicine vo. IV, no. 1. Correspondents are Arnold S.V. Burgen and Henry R. Viets.
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