Bertheim, Alfred (1879-1914)

Collection of material by, or relating to Alfred Bertheim: including holograph MSS., etc. Produced in Berlin.

1897-1914

1 volume 74 ll. v.s. Unbound.

Purchased 1935.

This formed part of the 12 volume Chemie in Einzeldarstellungen, edited by Julius Schmidt. Stuttgart, 1916. The author was associated with Ehrlich at the G. Speyer-Haus at Frankfort-on-Main from 1906 to 1914, and worked with him as chemist in researches on the constitution of atoxyl, which culminated in the discovery of Salvarsan (606).

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).