| Description | Written at the Royal Institution, 21 Albemarle Street, London, W1 to Dr. H. O. Schild, University College London, Pharmacological Laboratory, Gower Street, London W.C.1
'My dear Schild,
I shall certainly be very glad to act as a refereee for your naturalisation. There are others, indeed, who have asked me to act as a referee, but there is no reason why I should limit my recommendation strictly, and I should give it to you as willingly as any.
I am very much interested by what you say about Aleudrine. It sounds as though it might be an almost ideal remedy for asthma. I shall hope to hear what you find of its action on the uterus of the virgin cat, the rabbit's intestine, and other convernient objects. The ferret's bladder woudl be a good one, if you had the opportunity to study this. You may remember that it is rather peculilar, in giving a contractile response to adrenaline, which ergotoxine rather easily reverses. The same is true of the ferret's non-pregnant uterus, which goes quite well as an isolated organ. It would be interesting it you found that these gave a straightforward inhibitory response with Aleudrine.
We send our best regards, and reciprocate to Mrs. Schild and yourself your kind wishes.
Yours sincerely
H H Dale' |