Bertheim, Alfred (1879-1914), chemist

Correspondence and papers of Alfred Bertheim, who was associated with Paul Ehrlich at the G Speyer-Haus in Frankfurt am Main from 1906 to 1914, in research which culminated in the discovery of salvarsan.

1879-1914

2 volumes Partly printed and typewritten.

Purchased from V A Heck, Vienna, 1935.

Additional to MS. 1148.

Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).