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Albert Schatz Papers
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Dr. Albert Schatz joined the staff of the Science Education Department at Temple University's College of Education in 1969. He was responsible for developing courses, programs and research activities for people interested in the teaching of biology.
Dr. Schatz is internationally known for his scientific research, and in 1977, he was decorated by the Government of France for meritorious service to humanity. In a study which drew worldwide interest, he showed that fluoridation of drinking water in Chile markedly increased infant mortality and the death rate of the population in general.
His most important work, and the major subject of this collection, concerns the discovery of the first effective drug against tuberculosis – the drug streptomycin – during the years 1943 and 1944. Following Dr. Schatz's discovery, there was a lengthy legal battle over rights and ownership of the drug, with the ultimate determination that Dr. Schatz was the "legal and scientific co-discoverer" of streptomycin, with Dr. Waksman.
In 1952, however, the Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of streptomycin went to Dr. Waksman, to the exclusion of Dr. Schatz, and initiated another round of public debate.
Dr. Schatz's other major areas of study were more controversial. One area was the potential dangers of water fluoridation; as part of this research he traveled to Chile and studied the relationship between infant mortality rates and water fluoridation. The other controversial area was a "proteolysis-chelation theory" of tooth decay.
This collection documents Dr. Schatz's work in three distinct areas of study: streptomycin, chelation in soil formation, and water fluoridation. The collection is divided into three series: "Streptomycin discovery and controversy," "The Role of Chelation in Soil Formation," and "Fluoridation: Harmful Effects and Paradoxical Effects." The first series, "Streptomycin discovery and controversy," traces Dr. Shatz's role in the discovery of streptomycin and the subsequent lawsuit over the rights to its ownership. Included are published news reports, court papers and correspondence with other researchers who contributed to the discovery, including the head researcher, Dr. Selman A. Waksman. The records contain the letters drawn up by Dr. Schatz's colleagues to the Nobel Prize Committee, a private letter from Dr. Schatz to King Gustav VI of Sweden and extensive news coverage of the relevant events. There is also a small unrelated group of articles on "Twerpwyck University" which show Dr. Schatz's less serious side in his satires of the bureaucracy of academic life.
The second series, "The Role of Chelation in Soil Formation, " contains information on his work on the role of chelation in soil formation. It was from this work that he formulated his opinion on a proteolysis-chelation theory of tooth decay. The bulk of this material is articles, many of which were written by Dr. Schatz, and newspaper clippings regarding his work and the topic in general.
The third series, "Fluoridation: Harmful Effects and a Paradoxical Effects, " contains information on his research in water fluoridation. Most of this material is articles, many of which were written by Dr. Schatz, and newspaper clippings regarding his work and the topic of fluoridation in general.
Series 2: The Role of Chelation in Soil Formation, 1953-1996
Series 3: Fluoridation: Harmful Effects and Paradoxical Effects, 1956-2003
Inventory was compiled by Mrs. Albert Schatz in 2007. The creation of the electronic guide for this collection was made possible through generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources' "Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives" Project. Finding aid entered into the Archivists' Toolkit by Garrett Boos.
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Collection Inventory
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transcript, 1 page
transcript, 2 pages
Vol. 29
Vol. VI, No. 11
No.4, 461-477
Page 33
Vol. LXVI, No. 2
pages 2-131
pages 132-155
pages 155-173
pages 176-196
pages 196-203
pages 205-219
pages 220-237
pages 238-247
pages 247-258A
pages 260-297
pages 298-320
pages 320-344
pages 344-350
pages 351-361
pages 362-375
pages 377-386
pages 386-392
pages 393-401
pages 402-412
pages 413-419
pages 420-439
pages 441-482
pages 484-494
pages 494-498
pages 496-498
page 4
Vol. 10, No. 3, page 42
Vol. 53
(See Box 5A for papers on soil chelation and paradoxical effects)
Vol.58
Vol. 20, No. 1
p. 26-36 Vol. XXXI
pages 90-96, Vol. XXXII
Vol., No.4, p.8
Vol. XV, No. 4
[See papers on the role of chelation in soil formation and see papers on paradoxical effects]
Vol. 73, No.2, p.148-153
Vol. 29, No.4
Vol. 20, No. 5
Vol. 14, No. 3
Vol. 6, No. 11
Vol. 53, No. 319
Vol. 25, No. 6
Vol. 2, No. 4
Vol. 25, No. 4
Vol. 25, No. 3
Vol. 32, No. 2
Vol. 54, No. 19
Vol. 113, No. 6
Vol. 153, No. 3
Vol. 10, No. 9
Vol. 11, No. 3
Vol. 330, No. 4
2 copies
2 copies
Vol. 6, No 11
Vol. 24, No. 8
Vol. 27, No. 1
2 copies
Vol. 90, No. 25
Vol. 47, No. 283
Vol. 53, No. 319
Vol. 49, No. 9
Vol. 32, No. 3
Vol. 97. No. 25
Vol. 55, No. 12
p. 507
Vol. 7, No. 21
Vol. 415
Vol. 45, No. 4, pages 529-38
Vol. II, No. 2
(Also Journal of the Southern California State Dental Association, May 1956, Vol. XXIV, No.5) (Also in German)
Physical DescriptionVol. 21, No. 8
Vol. XXIX
Vol. 21, No. 9, p.438-446
Vol. XXX, No. 5
Vol. XIV, No. 4
(Also in Greek)
Physical DescriptionVol. 22, No. 4
(In German, English translation included)
Vol. 22, No. 8, p.375-383
(published in Greek with an English translation)
(also reprinted in the Pakistan Dental Review, Vol. VIII, No.22, April 1958)
Physical DescriptionVol. SVI, No. 2
Vol. 8, No.3
Vol. 68, No. 8
Vol. 37, No. 10
(also reprinted in the Pakistan Dental Review, Vol. VIII, No. 3, July 1958)
Physical DescriptionVol. 23, No. 5
(in French; also "Caries and Chelation, " by Charles Leimgruber) Revista B. Sc. Dent
Physical DescriptionVol. 13, No. 4
Vol. 16, No. 2
Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 102-103
Vol. 8, No. 2.
Vol. SVII, No. 1
Vol. XXXII, pp. 20-48
(published originally in Greek in Stomatologia in 1957)
Physical DescriptionVol. IX, No. 1
Vol. 29, No. 1
(see p.83 for proteolysis-chelation)
Physical DescriptionVol. 4, No. 2
Vol. IX, No. 2, pages 48-57
Vol. IX, No. 3, pages 106-121
Vol. 25, No. 7, pages 285-292
Vol. IX, No. 4
Vol. XVI, No. 183, pages 117-127
Vol. XVI, No. 184 (4) pages 173-178
Vol. SVI, No. 185 (5) pages 247-249
Vol. XXIX, Nos.1 and 2, pages 5-10 and 47-53
Vol. X, No. 1
Vol. XXXIV
Vol. 15, No. 3
Vol. XI, No. 1
Vol. XVII, pages 518-520
Vol. 30, No. 10
Vol. 175, No.8, page 739
Vol. 4, No. 2
(also, in Spanish in Boletin de Informacion Dental, Madrid, November-December 1961 and in the Journal of the Philippine Dental Association, Vol. XV, No. 7, July 1961)
Physical DescriptionVol. 27, No. 3
Vol. 30, No. 6
Vol. XI, No. 2
Vol. XXX, No. 5
Vol. XI, No. 3
Vol. XV, No. 9
Vol. 27, No. 8
Vol. 18, No. 1
No. 27
pages 14-16, 43, 62-62, 94
(also: "Insipient caries lesions, " October 1962; "Enamel Fissure eradication, " 1964)
Physical DescriptionVol. 23, No. 5, May 1957
Vol. 112, No. 2, pages 45-46
Vol. 17, No. 8
Vol. 52, No. 6
pages 14-17
Vol. 14, No. 1
(also in Archives of Environmental Health, Vol. 5, pages 55-65, 1962)
Physical DescriptionVol. XII, No. 1
Vol. 65
Heft 7
(also in Japanese in Shikaikoko (Dental Wide Outlook) Tokyo, Vol. 20, No. 1, January 1967 and as an editorial in Your Child Patient, July 1964)
Physical DescriptionVol. 13, No. 4
Vol. 18
Vol. 29, No. 10, pages 449-454
Vol. 14, No. 4
Vol. XIV, No. 2
Vol. XIV, No. 3
Vol. 54, No. 1
Vol. 30
No. 2
Vol. SVI, No. 2
Vol. XVI, No. 3
Vol. 16, No. 2
Vol. 16, No. 1
No. 143
Vol. 57, No. 2
No. 148
Vol.15, No.4
No. 58
Vol. XXI, No. 2
[See Origin, Evolucion y Filosofia, by A. Schatz, J. Martin, V. Schatz, La Revista Dental de Chile Enero-Ferero-Marzo]
pages 23
pages 244-251, Vol. XXVIII
Heft 24
Vol. XXX, pages 54-61
Vol. XXX, pages 62-69
Vol. XXXI, p.18-22
Heft 22, S. 518/519
Vol. 6, pages 113-134
Vol. II, No. 2, page 112
Vol. 4, No. 4
Vol. 5, No. 1
Vol. 29, No. 4, pages 481-482
Vol., No. 2, pages 19 & 20
Vol. 31, pages 587-596
Vol. 11, No.v5, pages 28-31
Chapter 10, pages 116-127
Vol. 2, No. 2
Heft 5, S. 121
No.47
Vol. 5, No. 1
Vol. 11, Pages 1029-1031
Vol. XV, No. 1
Vol. 8, Part 4
Heft 24
Vol. 27, No. 4
Vol. XXV, pages 187-190
Vol. 8, No. 1
Vol. XII
Vol. XIV, No. 4, pages 113-128
(also in Spanish, "Elements Traza, Nuticion, Fluor y Salu d Dental, " La Tribune Odontologica, 1965 October-December)
Physical DescriptionVol. XV, No. 3
Vol. XV, No. 3
Vol. 16, No. 2
Vol. 4, No. 12, page 2
Vol. 13, No. 2
Vol. XXII, No. 1 & 2
Vol. SVIII, No. 3
Ano LVII, No.10, pages 11-12
Vol. 2, No. 1
Vol. 32, No. 3
Vol. 30(2), 131-132
Vol. 30, No. 3
Vol. 35, No. 3, 143-147