| Description | Letter from S. ?Y. Bach, School of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 28 September 1946, informing Kosterlitz that their dear friend Prof Pollack died last week', with Kosterlitz's draft reply, 3 October 1946. Bach notes that Pollack's sister gave him some of Pollack's scientific notes, including a manuscript which he though may be of interest to Kosterlitz, which he encloses with his letter adding 'please dispose of them at your discretion.' Kosterlitz thanks Bach for the notes and refers to their shared interest in ?galactose metabolism.
Letter from Professor Z.M. Bacq, Laboratoire de Pathologie et Therapeutique Generales, University of Liege, 5 September 1952, regarding reprints of his work on the action of amines on the nictitating membrane with Kosterlitz's reply, 16 September 1952. Kosterlitz discusses some similarities and differences in their reseach methodology and results.
Correspondence with Benger Laboratories Ltd., Cheshire, regarding the supply of dextran 'to be used as a plasma substitute in experiments perfusing the cat's superior cervical ganglion', February - March 1963.
Correspondence with Professor Charles H. Best, F.R.S., Physiology Department, University of Toronto, July 1953 - February 1954, regarding Kosterlitz's guest lecture on 'The Liver in Pregnancy' to be delivered to the Twelfth Conference on Liver Injury, Toronto, January 1954. Kosterlitz also refers to his forthcoming residency in the Pharmacology Department of Harvard Medical School, September - January, where he intends to 'do some work with Professor Krayer.'
Correspondence with Dr F.B. Beswick, Department of Physiology, University of Manchester, March - July 1963, regarding the supply of dihydro-B-erythroidine. Kosterlitz received a sample of the substance through Merck, Sharp and Dohme, U.S.A.'s British subsidiary, which he has used in experiments to 'block cholineric synapses in the isolated guinea-pig ileum'. Beswick requests a sample to use 'in an attempt to block Renshaw cell reaction in the spinal cord.'
Letter from Blackwell Scientific Publications Ltd., 2 January 1964, enclosing a complimentary copy of J.H. Burn's 'The Autonomic Nervous System', hoping that Kosterlitz may consider it a suitable recommendation for his students. With Kosterlitz's reply, 8 January 1964.
Correspondence with Dr J.L. Bollman, Sections of Clinical Pathoogy and Biochemistry, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, November - December 1953, regarding Kosterlitz's visit to the Clinic and plans for him to participate in departmental seminars. Refers to topics of mutual scientific interest.
Correspondence with Dr Emil Bozler, Department of Physiology, Ohio State University, September - November 1956, regarding arrangements for Kosterlitz to visit Bozler's department and discuss 'some problems of smooth muscle physiology, which, for some years now, has become my [Kosterlitz's] main research interest.' Kosterlitz intended to fit the visit in on his return trip from San Francisco, where he would be attending a symposium on Liver Physiology and Pathology, 30 October - 2 November.
Correspondence with Professor J. Brachet, Laboratoire de Morphologie Animale, L'Universite Libre de Bruxelles, December 1945 - January 1946, regarding mutual research interests. Kosterlitz requests copies of Brachet's papers on 'Recherches sur des particules cytoplasmiques de dimensions macromoleculaires riches en acide pentoseaucleique', published in 'Enzymologia' (1944), vol 11 and seeks permission to cite results from these and later experiments in a paper he is preparing on 'the changes in the liver of fasting rats and of rats fed on protein-free diets.' He expresses a particular interest in Brachet's 'estimations of ribonucleic acid and protein in the fasting liver.' Brachet gives details of his collaborators' M. Rosseel and L. Thonet's results.
Two letters from Ralph W. Brauer, 21 August and 11 September 1956, regarding Kosterlitz's attendance, as a guest lecturer, at the Symposium on Approaches to the Quantitative Description of Liver Function in San Francisco, 30 October - 2 November 1956.
Letter from G.E.H. Foxon, Guy's Medical School, London, written in his capacity as Convener of the Catalogue Committee of the British Universities Film Council, regarding Kosterlitz's role in revision of the cataolgue, 28 June 1965. With Kosterlitz's brief response, 1 July 1965.
Letter from Samuel T. Arnold, Provost, Brown University, Providience, advising Kosterlitz of his appointment as a lecturer in Biology for Semester I of the academic year 1953 - 54, 12 June 1953. With Kosterlitz's acceptance letter, 20 June 1953, and a typed list of the five lectures to be included in his seminar series on 'Liver Physiology.'
Correspondence with Professor G.A.H. Buttle, School of Pharmacology, University of London, regarding increasing numbers of job applications from Egyptian research assistants, September 1961; Professor Schulemann's agreement to 'talk on Ca++ and Digitalis at your place [Aberdeen] and mine [London]', August - September 1962; and tentative plans for 'Kuschinsky' to visit Aberdeen and London, September 1963. In this letter Kosterlitz also states 'when your arrangements regarding a U.C. lecture have been crystallised we could make ours definite.' |