Collection of 6 offprints on immunochemistry, 5 with pres. inscriptions to Hans Sachs
Publisher Information: 1903-1904.
Arrhenius, Svante (1859-1927). Collection of 6 offprints on immunochemistry from the library of Hans Sachs (1877-1945) as listed below, five with presentation inscriptions to Sachs from Arrhenius. 1903-1904. Overall very good; see below for condition details.
1. (with Thorvald Madsen [1870-1957].) Anwendung der physikalischen Chemie auf das Studium der Toxine und Antitoxine. Offprint from Zeitschrift für physikalische Chemie 44 (1903). 7-62pp. 229 x 156 mm. Original printed wrappers, a few chips and stains, spine worn. Front wrapper inscribed: “Hrn. Dr. Hans Sachs freundschaftlichet von den Verf.” Sach’s stamp on front wrapper.
2. Zur physikalischen Chemie der Agglutinine. Offprint from Zeitschrift für physikalische Chemie 46 (1903). 415-426pp. 230 x 157 mm. Original printed wrappers, a bit chipped and creased. Front wrapper inscribed: “Hrn. Dr. H. Sachs z. fr. Erg. vom Verf.”
3. Die Anwendung der physikalischen Chemie auf die serumtherapeutischen Fragen. Offprint from Festschrift Ludwig Boltzamnn gewidmet zum sechzigsten Geburtstage 20 Februar 1904 (Leipzig: J. A. Barth, 1904). 860-865pp. 221 x 143 mm. Original printed wrappers, back wrapper detached, a few chips. Front wrapper inscribed: “Hrn. Dr. H. Sachs.” Sachs’s stamp on the front wrapper.
4. Die Anwendung der physikalischen Chemie auf die Serumtherapie. Berlin: Julius Springer, 1904. 16pp. 227 x 153 mm. Original printed wrappers, back wrapper lacking. Hans Sachs’s stamp on the front wrapper.
5. Zur Theorie der Bindung von Toxin und Antitoxin. Offprint from Berliner klinische Wochenschrift (1904). 16pp. 223 x 142 mm. Original printed wrappers, a bit chipped. Front wrapper inscribed: “Hrn. Dr. H. Sachs z. fr. Erg. vom Verf.”
6. (with Thorvald Madsen.) Toxines et antitoxines: Le poison diphthérique. Offprint from Académie Royale des Sciences et des Lettres de Danemark, Bulletin de l’année 1904 (1904). 269-305pp. 234 x 148 mm. Original printed wrappers, a bit sunned. Front wrapper inscribed: “Herrn Dr. Hans Sachs mit freundschaftlichen Gruß v. d. Verff.”
First Editions, Offprint Issues of nos. 1-3 and 5-6. Arrhenius, who received the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1903 for his electrolytic theory of dissociation, spent the last part of his career the field of immunochemistry, a term he established via his book of that name published in 1907 (see Garrison-Morton.com 2564.1). “Arrhenius’s work in immunochemistry . . . was an attempt to study toxin-antitoxin reactions, principally diphtheria reactions, using the concepts and methods developed in physical chemistry. Together with Torvald Madsen, director of the State Serum Institute in Copenhagen, he carried out wide-ranging experimental studies of bacterial toxins as well as plant and animal poisons. The technical difficulties were too great, however, for Arrhenius to realize his aim of making immunology an exact science” (“Svante Arrhenius,” Encyclopaedia Britannica [online]).
Arrhenius inscribed five of the six papers in this collection to German serologist Hans Sachs, best known for his work on improving the diagnosis of syphilis; see Garrison-Morton.com 2408.
Book Id: 46103Price: $750.00