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...with sherry and greetings from Dean Ford. After dinner William G. Field, graduate student of Geology and chief of the crystal growth section of the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, will give an illustrated lecture on "Recent Advances in the Study of Crystal Growth," and R. Gordon Wasson, research fellow in the Botanical Museum, will speak on "Recent Discoveries in the Area of Mexican Hallucinogenic Plants...
Died. Valentina Pavlovna Guercken Wasson, 57, Russian-born Manhattan pediatrician who, with her husband, stood in the absolute front rank of amateur experts on the mushroom; of cancer; in Manhattan. Dr. and Mrs. R. Gordon Wasson (a vice president of J.P. Morgan & Co., Inc.) traveled around the world in pursuit of exotic mushrooms, published in 1957 the two-volume Mushrooms, Russia and History. Probably the most recondite work on mycology ever printed, it was limited to 512 copies, sold for $125, now brings...
Researcher Hofmann moved from LSD to mushrooms thanks largely to Ethnologist (and a J. P. Morgan vice president) R. Gordon Wasson and his Russian-born wife, two dedicated, medical-minded mushroom eaters. The Wassons have voyaged all over the world seeking ritual devotees of exotic mushrooms and sharing their hallucinations, reported on their experiences in LIFE and in a $125 book (only 500 copies printed). Mushrooms, Russia and History. A French companion on their travels sent Hofmann specimens of one of the most potent mushrooms, Psyilocybe mexicana. From its little brown umbrella, perched on a delicate stem, Hofmann isolated...
Geoffrey M. Kalmas '56, president of the undergraduate station, said he would appeal to Dean Wasson today about the decision of W. Henry Johnston, Director of Sports Information, that WHRB cannot use a Stadium broadcast booth for its this Saturday...
Doctors have known for 15 years that irradiating the blood with invisible ultraviolet rays helps in some diseases, notably blood poisoning. Three years ago Drs. Valinta P. Wasson, George P. Miley and Preston M. Dunning of the New York Infirmary decided to use the technique on children with acute rheumatic heart disease. Last week they reported success in 22 consecutive cases...