Object Details
- Creator
- Scott, Julian P
- Subject
- Brooks, Matilda Moldenhauer
- Brooks, Sumner Cushing 1888-1948
- Harvard University
- United States Public Health Service
- University of California (1868-1952)
- Summary
- Botanist Matilda Moldenhauer (b. 1890) was completing graduate work at Harvard University (Ph.D., 1920) when she met biologist Sumner Cushing Brooks. During their marriage, Matilda and Sumner conducted joint research projects and coauthored such works as The Permeability of Living Cells. From 1920-1927, she worked for the U.S. Public Health Service and, after that, was on the research staff of the University of California. During the 1930s, she discovered an antidote for carbon monoxide and cyanide poisoning.
- Cite as
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 90-105, Science Service Records, Image No. SIA2007-0392
- Repository Loc.
- Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
- 1927
- Before February 1927
- Local number
- SIA Acc. 90-105 [SIA2007-0392]
- Restrictions & Rights
- No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Type
- Black-and-white photographs
- Physical description
- Photographic prints
- Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Topic
- Botany
- Record ID
- siris_arc_290429
