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Charles Glen King isolates Vitamin C for the 1st time...



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April 05, 1932

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, NY, April 5, 1932

* Vitamin C isolated for the 1st time
* Charles Glen King

This 44 page newspaper has a two column headline near the bottom of the front page: "Pittsburgh Professor Isolates Vitamin C; Concentrates Substance From Lemon Juice".

Tells of the 1st isolation of the vitamin by Charles Glen King, a chemistry professor at the University of Pittsburgh.

Other news of the day throughout. Light browning with wear and a few tape mends to the upper right portion of the front page (see), otherwise good.

Category: The 20th Century