Talk:Albert Schatz (scientist)

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Comment[edit]

Page gives date of death for Schatz at top, then says at bottom that he "now sharpens knives." Am assuming this needs update.--dph

Has been updated with both sources and general information. Kel-nage 21:08, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Details with regards to discovery of streptomycin are questionable and phrased as slander. The official standpoint, as determined through litigation was that the two men were co-discoverers. Gwax 19:25, 29 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Statement, "Dr Waksman was at the last stages of purifying streptomycin," is incorrect. That would mean that before Schatz returned from Miami that Waksman had discovered streptomycin which is known to be untrue. 20.137.30.50 (talk) 13:18, 19 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Dead link[edit]

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Dr. Schatz' involvement with the Penn. Massage state Law and his practice of massage[edit]

Could someone look at the massive amount of writing done by D. Schatz and his team, many of them lawyers opposing massage laws. Also the history of his interest in massage. He also practiced Yoga, beginning early in life. I have two photographs of him practicing yoga on a beach in (I believe)the Philippines around 1950. 68.12.131.166 (talk) 23:52, 3 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

pertinent new book[edit]

Heard an interesting interview today with Peter Pringle, author of the recently published "Experiment Eleven: Dark Secrets Behind the Discovery of a Wonder Drug". I won't buy it and it's not in my local library yet: someone with ready access to it can probably improve on the current state of this article. Publius3 (talk) 05:49, 11 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

adherent of Jewish religion, versus, atheist[edit]

The current article (box) says Schatz adhered to the Jewish religion; it also says that he was an atheist. Of the two claims, I don't know which if either is true, but the two claims contradict one another. Jewish ancestry/ethnicity is not proof of adherence to Jewish religion, -- as seems to have been presumed by the editor who wrote these two contradictory claims. Surely (I hope!) there is nothing about Wikipedia that requires, or even permits, the kind of contradiction displayed in the box. Of course if he switched allegiance from one to the other, that would muddy things! Publius3 (talk) 06:18, 11 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Albert Schatz, Streptomycin, Selman Waksman[edit]

Shatz's discovery of Streptomycin and Waksman's Treachery.

Today a new report sheds light on the contested discovery of Streptomycin. New York Times report of June 12,2012 titled "Notebooks Shed Light on an Antibiotic's Contested Discovery" by PETER PRINGLE tells of newly discovered original worksheets of Albert Schatz, clearly supporting him as the discoverer of Streptomycin, with Waksman, his professor at Rutgers U.,participating only after the initial discovery. Further, they are reported to reveal that Waksman, who got the Nobel Prize for this discovery, purposely deceived and lied, cheating his Graduate student Schatz out of the Nobel monies or timely credit. Only after Schatz brought suit, did Schatz get “Co-discoverer" credit, though without the royalties. These experimental records and notes were discovered in a cardboard box with Waksman's papers in Rutgers’Alexander Library . photo of Shatz as young graduate student found in named article

   http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/12/science/notebooks-shed-light-on-an-antibiotic-discovery-and-a-mentors-betrayal.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120612

Peter Pringle will be authoring a book on this intrigue, Experiment Eleven: Dark Secrets Behind the Discovery of a Wonder Drug,”to be published by Walker & Company. - - - - Nancy A. Gilbert, M.D. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Treeluvr (talk • contribs) 00:55, 13 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]