A Letter Written on Jan 7, 1911

Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole, Mass.

Office of the Assistant Director
University of Maine, Orono

Orono, Me. Jan. 7, 1911.

Miss Abby H. Turner,
Department of Comparative Physiology,
Harvard Medical School,
Boston, Mass.

Dear Miss Turner:

The fibers of the darker portion of the adductor muscle of the Scallop are striated. These striae are sometimes very visible and sometimes not. I should think they might be very satisfactory for your purpose for they are the most rapidly contracting of any Lamellibranch muscle that I know. I do not know of any real striated muscle in the mantle margin of any Lamellibranch. I am not certain about the condition in the siphon of Mya. I presume that not many of the fibers are striated.

I am sorry not to have seen you in Boston. Lillie was in a hurry to catch a train and we did not stop in the South Station at all.

I am very glad to hear the good reports from Miss Edith Wallace. I know Morgan feels that he can hardly get along without her.

Sincerely yours,
Gilman A. Drew