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The "Sugar-Coated Microbe" and the Search for a Cure for Pneumonia, 1919-1929: Documents

[Oswald T. Avery]. [1920s].
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Metadata Record Cole, Rufus. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Board of Scientific Directors of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, January 20, 1917. Excerpt. Official Report. 24 Images. 20 January 1917. pdf (1,753,366 Bytes) ocr (35,981 Bytes)
Metadata Record Cole, Rufus. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Board of Scientific Directors of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, April 21, 1917. Excerpt. Official Report. 27 Images. 21 April 1917. pdf (2,208,345 Bytes) ocr (50,449 Bytes)
Metadata Record Dochez, A. R., and Oswald T. Avery. "The Elaboration of Specific Soluble Substance by Pneumococcus During Growth." Transactions of the Association of American Physicians 32, ([2-3 May 1917]): 281-298. Article. 18 Images. pdf (1,389,575 Bytes) ocr (34,368 Bytes)
Metadata Record Cole, Rufus. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Board of Scientific Directors of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, October 1917. Excerpt. Official Report. 18 Images. October 1917. pdf (1,474,114 Bytes) ocr (35,413 Bytes)
Metadata Record [Cole, Rufus]. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, June 1919. Excerpt. Official Report. 30 Images. June 1919. pdf (2,441,485 Bytes) ocr (64,428 Bytes)
Metadata Record Dochez, A. R., Oswald T. Avery, and Rebecca C. Lancefield. "Studies on the Biology of Streptococcus: I. Antigenic Relationships between Strains of Streptococcus Haemolyticus." Journal of Experimental Medicine 30, 3 (September 1919): 179-213. Article. 35 Images. pdf (2,643,092 Bytes) ocr (69,154 Bytes)
Metadata Record [Cole, Rufus]. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, October 1919. Excerpt. Official Report. 19 Images. October 1919. pdf (1,434,699 Bytes) ocr (33,887 Bytes)
Metadata Record Cole, Rufus. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, April 17, 1920. Excerpt. Official Report. 26 Images. 17 April 1920. pdf (1,726,339 Bytes) ocr (38,410 Bytes)
Metadata Record [Cole, Rufus]. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, October 15, 1920. Excerpt. Official Report. 26 Images. 15 October 1920. pdf (2,242,558 Bytes) ocr (40,376 Bytes)
Metadata Record Avery, Oswald T., and Glenn E. Cullen. "Studies on the Enzymes of Pneumococcus: I. Proteolytic Enzymes." Journal of Experimental Medicine 32, 5 (October 1920): 547-569. Article. 23 Images. pdf (1,820,984 Bytes) ocr (48,325 Bytes)
Metadata Record Avery, Oswald T., and Glenn E. Cullen. "Studies on the Enzymes of Pneumococcus: II. Lipolytic Enzymes: Esterase." Journal of Experimental Medicine 32, 5 (October 1920): 571-582. Article. 12 Images. pdf (901,241 Bytes) ocr (24,443 Bytes)
Metadata Record Avery, Oswald T., and Glenn E. Cullen. "Studies on the Enzymes of Pneumococcus: III. Carbohydrate-Splitting Enzymes: Invertase, Amylase, and Inulase." Journal of Experimental Medicine 32, 5 (October 1920): 583-593. Article. 11 Images. pdf (780,284 Bytes) ocr (20,066 Bytes)
Metadata Record [Cole, Rufus]. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, April 16, 1921. Excerpt. Official Report. 33 Images. 16 April 1921. pdf (2,734,803 Bytes) ocr (58,397 Bytes)
Metadata Record Thjotta, Theodor. "Studies on Bacterial Nutrition: I. Growth of Bacillus Influenzae in Hemoglobin-Free Media." Journal of Experimental Medicine 33, 6 (May 1921): 763-771. Article. 9 Images. pdf (739,109 Bytes) ocr (21,327 Bytes)
Metadata Record Thjotta, Theodor, and Oswald T. Avery. "Studies on Bacterial Nutrition: II. Growth Accessory Substances in the Cultivation of Hemophilic Bacilli." Journal of Experimental Medicine 34, 1 (June 1921): 97-114. Article. 18 Images. pdf (1,558,087 Bytes) ocr (43,072 Bytes)
Metadata Record [Cole, Rufus]. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, October 21, 1921. Excerpt. Official Report. 29 Images. 21 October 1921. pdf (2,625,423 Bytes) ocr (52,505 Bytes)
Metadata Record Thjotta, Theodor, and Oswald T. Avery. "Studies on Bacterial Nutrition: III. Plant Tissue, as a Source of Growth Accessory Substances, in the Cultivation of Bacillus Influenzae." Journal of Experimental Medicine 34, 5 (October 1921): 455-466. Article. 12 Images. pdf (1,024,205 Bytes) ocr (29,281 Bytes)
Metadata Record [Cole, Rufus]. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, April 15, 1922. Excerpt. Official Report. 44 Images. 15 April 1922. pdf (3,598,955 Bytes) ocr (80,003 Bytes)
Metadata Record Cole, Rufus. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, October 20, 1922. Excerpt. Official Report. 58 Images. 20 October 1922. pdf (5,640,389 Bytes) ocr (112,724 Bytes)
Metadata Record [Cole, Rufus]. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, April 21, 1923. Excerpt. Official Report. 48 Images. 21 April 1923. pdf (4,730,771 Bytes) ocr (89,561 Bytes)
Metadata Record Avery, Oswald T., and Michael Heidelberger. "Immunologic Relationships of Cell Constituents of Pneumococcus." Journal of Experimental Medicine 38, 1 (June 1923): 81-85. Article. 5 Images. pdf (398,056 Bytes) ocr (11,178 Bytes)
Metadata Record Heidelberger, Michael, and Oswald T. Avery. "The Soluble Specific Substance of Pneumococcus." Journal of Experimental Medicine 38, 1 (June 1923): 73-79. Article. 7 Images. pdf (628,171 Bytes) ocr (18,096 Bytes)
Metadata Record Morgan, Hugh J., and Oswald T. Avery. "Studies on Bacterial Nutrition: IV. Effect of Plant Tissue upon Growth of Pneumococcus and Streptococcus." Journal of Experimental Medicine 38, 2 (July 1923): 207-217. Article. 11 Images. pdf (858,603 Bytes) ocr (22,333 Bytes)
Metadata Record Avery, Oswald T., and Glenn E. Cullen. "Studies on the Enzymes of Pneumococcus: IV. Bacteriolytic Enzyme." Journal of Experimental Medicine 38, 2 (July 1923): 199-206. Article. 8 Images. pdf (642,952 Bytes) ocr (17,800 Bytes)
Metadata Record Cole, Rufus. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, October 19, 1923. Excerpt. Official Report. 56 Images. 19 October 1923. pdf (5,942,209 Bytes) ocr (100,728 Bytes)
Metadata Record Avery, Oswald T., and Hugh J. Morgan. "Studies on Bacterial Nutrition: V. The Effect of Plant Tissue upon the Growth of Anaerobic Bacilli." Journal of Experimental Medicine 39, 2 (January 1924): 289-302. Article. 14 Images. pdf (1,230,877 Bytes) ocr (33,969 Bytes)
Metadata Record Morgan, Hugh J., and Oswald T. Avery. "Growth-Inhibitory Substances in Pneumococcus Cultures." Journal of Experimental Medicine 39, 3 (February 1924): 335-346. Article. 12 Images. pdf (991,137 Bytes) ocr (27,495 Bytes)
Metadata Record Avery, Oswald T., and James M. Neill. "Studies on Oxidation and Reduction by Pneumococcus: I. Production of Peroxide by Anaerobic Cultures of Pneumococcus on Exposure to Air under Conditions Not Permitting Active Growth." Journal of Experimental Medicine 39, 3 (February 1924): 347-355. Article. 9 Images. pdf (785,576 Bytes) ocr (19,625 Bytes)
Metadata Record Avery, Oswald T., and James M. Neill. "Studies on Oxidation and Reduction by Pneumococcus: II. The Production of Peroxide by Sterile Extracts of Pneumococcus." Journal of Experimental Medicine 39, 3 (February 1924): 357-366. Article. 10 Images. pdf (804,188 Bytes) ocr (22,374 Bytes)
Metadata Record Avery, Oswald T., and James M. Neill. "Studies on Oxidation and Reduction by Pneumococcus: III. Reduction of Methylene Blue by Sterile Extracts of Pneumococcus." Journal of Experimental Medicine 39, 4 (March 1924): 543-552. Article. 10 Images. pdf (798,482 Bytes) ocr (22,029 Bytes)
Metadata Record Cole, Rufus. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, April 19, 1924. Excerpt. Official Report. 75 Images. 19 April 1924. pdf (6,901,591 Bytes) ocr (148,708 Bytes)
Metadata Record Avery, Oswald T., and James M. Neill. "Studies on Oxidation and Reduction by Pneumococcus: IV. Oxidation of Hemotoxin in Sterile Extracts of Pneumococcus." Journal of Experimental Medicine 39, 5 (April 1924): 745-755. Article. 11 Images. pdf (888,093 Bytes) ocr (23,129 Bytes)
Metadata Record Avery, Oswald T., and James M. Neill. "Studies on Oxidation and Reduction by Pneumococcus: V. The Destruction of Oxyhemoglobin by Sterile Extracts of Pneumococcus." Journal of Experimental Medicine 39, 5 (April 1924): 757-775. Article. 19 Images. pdf (1,606,973 Bytes) ocr (43,785 Bytes)
Metadata Record Heidelberger, Michael, and Oswald T. Avery. "The Soluble Specific Substance of Pneumococcus: Second Paper." Journal of Experimental Medicine 40, 3 (August 1924): 301-316. Article. 16 Images. pdf (1,448,670 Bytes) ocr (41,480 Bytes)
Metadata Record Neill, James M., and Oswald T. Avery. "Studies on Oxidation and Reduction by Pneumococcus: VI. The Oxidation of Enzymes in Sterile Extracts of Pneumococcus." Journal of Experimental Medicine 40, 4 (September 1924): 405-422. Article. 18 Images. pdf (1,568,970 Bytes) ocr (42,942 Bytes)
Metadata Record Neill, James M., and Oswald T. Avery. "Studies on Oxidation and Reduction by Pneumococcus: VII. Enzyme Activity of Sterile Filtrates of Aerobic and Anaerobic Cultures of Pneumococcus." Journal of Experimental Medicine 40, 4 (September 1924): 423-427. Article. 5 Images. pdf (390,758 Bytes) ocr (10,569 Bytes)
Metadata Record Cole, Rufus. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, October 17, 1924. Excerpt. Official Report. 71 Images. 17 October 1924. pdf (6,915,983 Bytes) ocr (140,593 Bytes)
Metadata Record Neill, James M., and Oswald T. Avery. "Studies on Oxidation and Reduction by Pneumococcus: VIII. Nature of the Oxidation-Reduction Systems in Sterile Pneumococcus Extracts." Journal of Experimental Medicine 41, 2 (January 1925): 285-298. Article. 14 Images. pdf (1,180,220 Bytes) ocr (33,355 Bytes)
Metadata Record Cole, Rufus. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, April 18, 1925. Excerpt. Official Report. 17 Images. 18 April 1925. pdf (1,419,705 Bytes) ocr (29,671 Bytes)
Metadata Record Avery, Oswald T., and Michael Heidelberger. "Immunological Relationships of Cell Constituents of Pneumococcus: Second Paper." Journal of Experimental Medicine 42, 3 (August 1925): 367-376. Article. 10 Images. pdf (805,208 Bytes) ocr (21,567 Bytes)
Metadata Record Cole, Rufus. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, October 16, 1925. Excerpt. Official Report. 18 Images. 16 October 1925. pdf (1,741,466 Bytes) ocr (29,991 Bytes)
Metadata Record Heidelberger, Michael, Walther F. Goebel, and Oswald T. Avery. "The Soluble Specific Substance of Pneumococcus: Third Paper." Journal of Experimental Medicine 45, 5 (October 1925): 727-745. Article. 19 Images. pdf (1,707,209 Bytes) ocr (49,064 Bytes)
Metadata Record Cole, Rufus. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, October 15, 1926. Excerpt. Official Report. 22 Images. 15 October 1926. pdf (1,843,693 Bytes) ocr (38,748 Bytes)
Metadata Record Heidelberger, Michael, and Walther F. Goebel. "The Soluble Specific Substance of Pneumococcus: IV. On the Nature of the Specific Polysaccharide of Type III Pneumococcus." Journal of Biological Chemistry 70, 3 (2 November 1926): 613-624. Article. 12 Images. pdf (1,024,388 Bytes) ocr (28,303 Bytes)
Metadata Record Cole, Rufus. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, April 9, 1927. Excerpt. Official Report. 39 Images. 9 April 1927. pdf (3,234,094 Bytes) ocr (72,099 Bytes)
Metadata Record Heidelberger, Michael, and Walther F. Goebel. "The Soluble Specific Substance of Pneumococcus: V. On the Chemical Nature of the Aldobionic Acid from the Specific Polysaccharide of Type III Pneumococcus." Journal of Biological Chemistry 74, 3 (1 September 1927): 613-618. Article. 6 Images. pdf (456,188 Bytes) ocr (12,020 Bytes)
Metadata Record Cole, Rufus. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, October 28, 1927. Excerpt. Official Report. 11 Images. 28 October 1927. pdf (917,392 Bytes) ocr (20,157 Bytes)
Metadata Record Cole, Rufus. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, April 21, 1928. Excerpt. Official Report. 27 Images. 21 April 1928. pdf (2,477,297 Bytes) ocr (46,521 Bytes)
Metadata Record Neufeld, F., and Walter Levinthal. "Beitrage zur Variabilitat der Pneumokokken." Zeitschrift fur Immunitatsforschung 55, (1928): 324-340. Article. 18 Images. pdf (1,511,070 Bytes) ocr (39,508 Bytes)
Metadata Record Cole, Rufus. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, April 20, 1929. Excerpt. Official Report. 31 Images. 20 April 1929. pdf (2,876,879 Bytes) ocr (62,015 Bytes)
Metadata Record Goebel, Walther F., and Oswald T. Avery. "Chemo-Immunological Studies on Conjugated Carbohydrate-Proteins: I. The Synthesis of p-Aminophenol beta-Glucoside, p-Aminophenol beta-Galactoside, and Their Coupling with Serum Globulin." Journal of Experimental Medicine 50, 4 (October 1929): 521-531. Article. 11 Images. pdf (854,853 Bytes) ocr (24,501 Bytes)
Metadata Record Avery, Oswald T., and Walther F. Goebel. "Chemo-Immunological Studies on Conjugated Carbohydrate-Proteins: II. Immunological Specificity of Synthetic Sugar-Protein Antigens." Journal of Experimental Medicine 50, 4 (October 1929): 533-550. Article. 18 Images. pdf (1,383,311 Bytes) ocr (38,415 Bytes)
Metadata Record Tillett, William S., Oswald T. Avery, and Walther F. Goebel. "Chemo-Immunological Studies on Conjugated Carbohydrate-Proteins: III. Active and Passive Anaphylaxis with Synthetic Sugar-Proteins." Journal of Experimental Medicine 50, 5 (November 1929): 551-567. Article. 17 Images. pdf (1,210,823 Bytes) ocr (31,748 Bytes)
Metadata Record Goebel, Walther F., and Oswald T. Avery. "Chemo-Immunological Studies on Conjugated Carbohydrate-Proteins: IV. The Synthesis of the p-Aminobenzyl Ether of the Soluble Specific Substance of Type III Pneumococcus and Its Coupling with Protein." Journal of Experimental Medicine 54, 3 (August 1931): 431-436. Article. 6 Images. pdf (511,064 Bytes) ocr (14,313 Bytes)
Metadata Record Avery, Oswald T., and Walther F. Goebel. "Chemo-Immunological Studies on Conjugated Carbohydrate-Proteins: V. The Immunological Specificity of an Antigen Prepared by Combining the Capsular Polysaccharide of Type III Pneumococcus with Foreign Protein." Journal of Experimental Medicine 54, 3 (August 1931): 437-447. Article. 11 Images. pdf (849,136 Bytes) ocr (23,137 Bytes)
Metadata Record Goebel, Walther F., Frank H. Babers, and Oswald T. Avery. "Chemo-Immunological Studies on Conjugated Carbohydrate-Proteins: VI. The Synthesis of p-Aminophenol alpha-Glucoside and Its Coupling with Protein." Journal of Experimental Medicine 55, 5 (May 1932): 761-767. Article. 7 Images. pdf (530,375 Bytes) ocr (14,290 Bytes)
Metadata Record Avery, Oswald T., Walther F. Goebel, and Frank H. Babers. "Chemo-Immunological Studies on Conjugated Carbohydrate-Proteins: VII. Immunological Specificity of Antigens Prepared by Combining alpha- and beta-Glucosides of Glucose with Proteins." Journal of Experimental Medicine 55, 5 (May 1932): 769-780. Article. 12 Images. pdf (990,662 Bytes) ocr (26,207 Bytes)
Metadata Record Goebel, Walther F., Frank H. Babers, and Oswald T. Avery. "Chemo-Immunological Studies on Conjugated Carbohydrate-Proteins: VIII. The Influence of the Acetyl Group on the Specificity of Hexoside-Protein Antigens." Journal of Experimental Medicine 60, 1 (July 1934): 85-94. Article. 10 Images. pdf (754,887 Bytes) ocr (20,727 Bytes)
Metadata Record Goebel, Walther F., Oswald T. Avery, and Frank H. Babers. "Chemo-Immunological Studies on Conjugated Carbohydrate-Proteins: IX. The Specificity of Antigens Prepared by Combining the p-Aminophenol Glycosides of Disaccharides with Protein." Journal of Experimental Medicine 60, 5 (November 1934): 599-616. Article. 18 Images. pdf (1,439,044 Bytes) ocr (38,217 Bytes)
Metadata Record Stanley, Wendell M. "Biochemistry and Biophysics of Viruses - II. Concentration and Purification of Viruses - The Transformation Agent of Pneumococcus [and] Bibliography." Handbuch der Virusforschung. Springer-Verlag Publishers, 1938. Pp. 447, 491-498. Excerpt. Monograph. 12 Images. pdf (1,360,955 Bytes) ocr (42,401 Bytes)
Metadata Record Lederberg, Joshua. Letter from Joshua Lederberg to Oswald T. Avery. Letter (correspondence). 2 Images. 15 January 1948. pdf (101,718 Bytes) ocr (234 Bytes)
Metadata Record Avery, Oswald T. Letter from Oswald T. Avery to Joshua Lederberg. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 20 January 1948. pdf (42,357 Bytes) ocr (888 Bytes)
Metadata Record Reichert, Cheryl M. "Synthesis of p-nitrophenyl 2-O-alpha-D-mannopyranosyl-alpha-D-mannopryanoside and p-nitrophenyl 6-O-alpha-D-mannopyranosyl-alpha-D-mannopyranoside." Carbohydrate Research 77, (December 1979): 141-147. Article. 7 Images. pdf (596,144 Bytes) ocr (16,758 Bytes)
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