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pitals elsewhere Hc. has person ally avoided
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to talk about himself and his work.
The r, Of Bellevue
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ing decidedly dlnay. and unsavory. New rooms
a9y sssn 0s S BE MSsss
sell in a long reStansuisr room, with SKI yishts
"pho.esSapners chair sssd Y "a front Of iead
colored screens, II would look like any pho
sides q the I,o room are lined to oV the " Getting
with shelves upon which are ranged innumer:
ell hS ssensss Of
Gus big record books a table covered with ex
perimentnl raraphernala. several large mi
and You
h long and and on the
WI pot :ds pheys are s Of shsvs
ment. On one Of the walls, near the ceiling. is
in .its various phases. and elsewhere arc seen
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$50 south exposure S are sso "S HUMBER % oi Shining
frames, exposed to the rays Of tho afternoon
sun. There happens to be nobody in this room,
the dark room at one end of it. and an eldorly
man appears with q wet negative In mis- hand.
amines It critically, mods approvin9ly. and
stands 1t In drying frame The negative
aaS q ss HIS ess sppoa
In the nirtnre nearly Tho size Of an average
mans waist, and hs teet arc almost as shube-
"A very interesting case says the elderly
man. nod,ln1 in a Eratiiied manner TO the yis-
several unusual featuros. Tho negative is first
olnss. and have homes that 1t will yield pho-
togrnphs whoh will lend to Investigations for
the cure OF tho sease whioh have never be-
fore been ntterapted. Do you know ANYTHING
nbout mediclnet lfyou DO can point out to
you Just what these new features are"
Tho elderly man looks both healthy and
huilt He is fairly stout. lie has hair and beard
ns tha hs IS only 81 Ge c as
square fass high d13pnneys forsheaa and ,
presses you ut once as man Of pnrts. as the
time YOU have Ia ed to him Ave min nutes. You
are so ana an az has
his coat. and put on white apron WHICH covers
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cover, any badness, He receives you cour-
teously SEs He Is Is not tmmeSSiasely
are and what your errand is. He is Photogra-
shows s' YOU everything with the Utmost. free.
dom. There is nothing TO be concealed. He
Ssse whh NJ ,H ma m s1eSd snd eoh he
oeoasions: He shows yop Ms collection 81 o.
the % many photoGrsehie devices which he has
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been tho Secretary OF the American Institute
for shs sos,T 1y G sso tho
years. years. and belongs to several other scientific
conducts The nnotSsraphlo work h Of the departe
ment. He Is NOT willing to take all the pictures
he is asked to; because I, experienee proved many
with photographing the first surgical cases Of
very young hospitaI surgeons !and and other work
cally, shut out. SO Mr.. Mason refuses to photo
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AND tbs hRs 1surss ssffsHa si%
u lis You
photographer has a hall hour at bis disposal.
ne VIII bring q out MS ssraP books and show
for. the photographs. though finely executed
and clear in detail. are very far from at,rac-
men. They, deplet disease and deiormity
Of every character, and surgical opera.
knives ana saws aud ra other a
But you NOTICE that where a picture OF a
diseased or deformed person has been taken.
there IL almost sure to appear also the photo
1ren. Perhaps there VIII BE- several interms.
photographcr. He knows AZ about the cases
ea The on Soodp ana
muscles OF the body by their correct names.
Mr. Mason n his hso library and shows you
noted doctors and illustrated ly himself. One
largo and very handsome work In several VOL
meu %aaamy S Of ,Rs ,Rs
Braip." I T. by Pr. ohnC Dalton. in his preface.
rnpher to the f Bellows hosntaI New Yarp Sy
whom lll tho original negatives we're taken.
a %ss sh and sfh
This, says Nj Mason. lingering the Look
promised me ], shouId have. tie Very first ona
from the binders. He and | worked on this
MSson bis work
iyely in its production. He replaces it on the
oyer, lis big library and says That even in
Washington there is not another such oolec-
the courts TO furn Ish volumes In evidence in
he always WilllnEly lent hlS DOCKS until once
he failed to get his treasure back. Since then
he has photographed pages In books which the
courts needed. but has nevor allowed a volume
to go from his library. In tho library
you zee a. nnmbar OF volumes on mi.
croscopy. Mr.. Mason answers your questions
by saying that he has made O specially OF mp
plying Photographic processes to MICROSCOPY
in tho Mls,Eoscopic Society. Of which he Il, See
retary. When yop ask about those photo
graphs OF the moon Mr.. Mason says he has done
n great deal In the way OF hitehinR cameras
and telescopes togeIher. too. The moon pho-
tographs he made In the Rutherford Observa-
tory in 1865. when that distinguished
scientilc experimentalist and lawyer, Lewis
NJ ,hutheriord. wa" pnrsTing his personal
he ok cd out his scHnty income considerably. u
few yoars ago. by his scientific photography
applied to publications. but that tho hospital
work had grown so OF late that he was COM
pellsd to ALMOST abandon this outside work.
But why" YOU ask. "nre You satisfied to
work for nothing whom. with your reputation,
your skill aud your Photographic outfit. you
could make u great dsnl uf money2'
"ThOre is something bettor In this world.
young man." says Mr. Mason smiling than
the accumulation Of money II ! We're to bend
my energies TO making money out OF my pro-
fossion would have little time to do the WORK
which. In such q place as this tells strongly in
tho interests of humanity and for the advance
ment of science. The work that pays Is not
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