August 28, 1924

Alan
Tue, 12 Apr 2011 04:01:13 +0000
Uncategorized, Jacksonville, larva migrans, photos, spirochaete

Thursday 11am. My Dear Ina, The frame wasn’t ready as promised due to the illness of his frame making man, and it will probably be a few days before I can send it to you. Thought I’d write so you would know. Am expecting Mr. Bishopp this PM and I’ll be mighty glad to see […]

Thursday 11am.

My Dear Ina,

The frame wasn’t ready as promised due to the illness of his frame making man, and it will probably be a few days before I can send it to you. Thought I’d write so you would know.

August 28, 1924

Am expecting Mr. Bishopp this PM and I’ll be mighty glad to see him. The work has developed with nothing unusual to upset previous findings and I am anxious to go over it with him. About 4 PhDs went over some material I shipped to Washington and concluded that the organism I shipped could hardly be the cause of the malady. They didn’t identify it or even give me the group to which it belonged. I know I am correct in it and while the organism I shipped may not under normal conditions cause creeping eruption, I believe that in the course of its development here it obtains some toxic property which causes the lesions we see. I believe that lots of them burrowing into the skin do not show any lesions or ill effects, but that ones spending part of the life cycle in a mole cricket possess this toxin which results in the disease.

When Bishopp comes I believe I can show him and then I want to wire for Dr. Ransom to come so that I can show him. The work seems to fall under Dr. Ransom’s division but I don’t care about that if I can show him what the cause is.

Hope to hear from you soon. I always look forward to your letters and you don’t know how much I enjoy them.

Always-
Walter