Doc 0000151788
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This document is a letter from Harris Isbell, Director of the Experimental Psychiatry Unit at the U.S. Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, to Dr. Glenn E. Ullvot of Smith Kline and French Laboratories, discussing tetrahydrocannabinols and awaiting his arrival.
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Ask the archive about this →27 April 1961 Dr. Glenn E. Ullvot Associate Director, ··Research and Development Smith Kline and French Laoorafories ,;-- 1500 Spring Ga=den Street ') Phila.del phia 1, Pa. Dear DJ:. U1lyot: Thank you for your letter of 24 April 1961. I will be expecting you. Vlhen you !mow your arr-ival time, let me K!low and I can pic~ you up at the airport. I think ~rhaps we should wait on the sample of tetrahydrocannabinols you have unt.L. we hive had a. cha."'lce::; to discuss the !!!E.tter. Is the i, 2-<iim.e~1.yl hept~ analog of tetl·al"qdro~'1.0:.:inol which yon mentioned in your letter one oi the compounds studied by Lcewa? I should appreciate receiv inq the structural formula. I also hope Dr. Tede~c!'..l can send me his data prior to arrival here so I will bve a. chs.nce to lo.ok !t over. Kindest personal regards, Yours very sincerely, Harris Isbell, M. D. Director EI:rn
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