Doc 0000151537
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This document is a letter from the Director of Research at the National Institutes of Health, dated August 29, 1955, discussing upcoming Senate Subcommittee hearings on narcotic addiction and mentioning experiments with a mixture of scopolamine and LSD.
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Ask the archive about this →r- -. .. ment of HEALTH. EDUCATION. -----~:., y.·-- -:-ARE • Public Heaftfl Service NATlONAL INSTiTUTES OF HEALTH 29 Augus-t 1955 IJIII~TtiiS, AODilUI 1'1ta ADDICTION RESEARCH CENTtR • hftOte~lllftTUTISO, IUIIT~ HUUit U. L 1'111UC HUI.'lM $111¥1C. HOSPITAl. 1012000 (~)(;) --:::::- .-.- . ·--------rt··--scerris pos·s tbrc··thcit- f wfll--hav·e- to ·go to New. York on Scptcmbc~ 19th to appear before the Senate Subcommtttee concerning narcotic iddtction. Hearing dates arc September 19-21, 1955. I have been told that l will probably _appear - o~ ctthcr the 19th or 20th. Thts means that I could be ln Washington on September 20th or 2 Is t • 1 f yo u o r s om eo n e e I s e w. li 1- ' b e a v a t l a b t ·~ o n September 20th or 21st ·1 1houl:l ltk~ to stop ln Washington for! brh:f~~confcrence concerni119 our work.herc. E.xperiments with th:e mtxtu-'tc of ~y·oscinc a·nd tSD are fatrly well along. As soon as the dat~ ~re an&lyz~d f wtlt ·send them along. / Yo~rs v~r~ sincerely, . ~~~~~.· ~~- r;.-C---./. i 'Ha r r is t s be l 1 ,.. M. D • Dtr~ctor of Research Hi: rn ---··· --. - --- ---·- -- ·----- .. - •
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The document is a typed letter with handwritten annotations. It contains the letterhead of the NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH and is dated August 29, 1955. There are two circular handwritten marks, resembling a "b" and a "(g)" or "(7)", near the top of the body text. A handwritten number "60-" appears in the upper right margin. Towards the bottom of the page, there is a handwritten signature followed by "Harris Isbell, M.D. Director of Research". Another handwritten annotation "Hi:rn" is present in the lower left. Finally, in the lower right corner, there are handwritten numbers "A-206" and "1785". There are no photographs, diagrams, or visible evidence of experimental procedures.
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