SZ/OEMU/2/19/1/20 - [Letter, SZ to John F. Fulton, 20/11/40]

Reference code

SZ/OEMU/2/19/1/20

Level of description

Item

Title

[Letter, SZ to John F. Fulton, 20/11/40]

Date/s

1940

Quantity & Format

2 leaves Letters (typescript)

Personal name

Cushing, Harvey
Dusser de Barenne, J. G.

Subject

Altitude, Influence of
National Research Council (U.S.)

Creator

Fulton, John F.

Creator

Zuckerman, Solly, 1904-1993

Administrative/Biographical history

recipient

Scope and content

Describes the participation of the Laboratory of Physiology in aviation medicine research. Monkeys and chimpanzees were tested for high altitude flying. Fulton mentions the four N.R.C. Committees on which he served in the previous six months. The Yale Medical Library was due to be completed, and Dr Cushing's collection had been catalogued. The death of the senior editor of `The Journal of Neurophysiology', Prof. J.G. Dusser de Barenne, is mentioned.

Typed on recto and verso.

SZ - Zuckerman Archive
- SZ/OEMU - Ministry of Home Security, Oxford Extra-Mural Unit
  - SZ/OEMU/2 - [OEMU. Research queries and correspondence, 1940-1962]
    - SZ/OEMU/2/19 - [Correspondence: Dr John Fulton, 1939-1946]
      - SZ/OEMU/2/19/1 - Correspondence: Dr John Fulton, 1939-1940
        SZ/OEMU/2/19/1/20 - [Letter, SZ to John F. Fulton, 20/11/40]

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