New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-08-18


guese or Latin, it was always with an inflcc-
ton, or a tonccolor, betokening affection as well
as admiration and respect, 1t is gentle face,
lit up by kindly eyes and fringed with gray
beard; but the hair above is still dark, and
there are few if any of those marks of labor
and care visible which might expect to see
the face of great thinker and tireless worker,
who has sat in the professors chair for forty
years. The character proclaimed by his face
spoke again from his manner He read his adj
dress of welcome in clear, measured tones, With
out the least oratorcal manner. All was quiet,
and showed the composure OF mastery; little
later, in trying TO dispose OF bit OF routine
business, he hesitated and stumbled among his
words His attitude toward the meeting and
the attitude of the meeting toward nm were III
marked contrast. When he spoke to the mem
beers il was ALWAYS as TO colleagues Once he
alluded with a touch of pathos to those before
him who had been his fellow-pupis and teachers;
vet with no trace of vanity when those whom
lie had addressed spoke IN reply. IL was "lln-
out exception in the tone which one might fancy
= Uindoo bow using when he bows his head TO
the ground before beginning the lessons OF 'he
day and saws GOOdmorrow, teacher,
There are proofs in plenty that the surprising
success of the meeting was largely due to the fact
that Professor Virchow was chairman of the Com
mittee of ARRANGEMENTS and was expected to pre-
side over il That fact stimulated unusual in
tercst in Russia, where the great pathoogist has
resided Over 500 physicians came from that
country. In France there was trlhlng eXhlDl-
tion of feeling against Nlrchow ana the congress,
springng from the usual source OF opposition TO
ali things German. But the French Government
was vet enlightened enough TO SEND thlrty-lour
men of acknowledged ability TO the congress N
an official capacity: and Professor Nirchow did
not neglect the opportunity TO score point against
the display of Chauvinism by expressing his thanks
to an unnamed French colleague who mad re,
minded his countrymen of the services rendered
10 the French sodery by German physicians dur
ing the Franco-Prussian war Inc contingent
from France was neVertheieSs very iaise W.
numbered III on Wednesday, and In no case were
uistipctively national honors more generously
paid by the Congress than in hers. All the allu-
sions 10 France in the address of Professor Nlrchow
and the report of DR.. LaSsar were appaudcd 10 the
echo and if further Difference were necessary 1t
might be found in the fact that the formality
of electng the permanent officers OF the Congress
Was performed in French which is not the Official
language of of the Congress hut only one Of three
official languages. Dr. Bouchard, who headed the
French delegation, was more enthusiastically
greeted than any Of the ceremonious sneakers eX-
cept Sir James Paget; whose popularity hao a
double foundation. lie Is not only the great
surgeon whose GOODNESS when about 10 trepan
Mr. Gilbert put into his wonderful recipe Tor
the concoction of a heavy Dragon, but he was
also the presiding officer of the Congress which
met in London and came nearest 70 this last III
point OF size anu lmpOItdHCt
".
Features like those already mentioned, mod
fled only in brilliancy and numbers, met the eye
at the two other general meetings of the Con-
gress on Wednesday and Saturday. During the
other DAYS of the week the Congress was broken
I'D into eighteen sections, which listened 10
papers aIl discussyl them in various parts
of the city and enjoyed the Inequalities of local
bodies of kindred nature. The evenings were
devoted 10 social festivities all Of which were
projected on a scale Of grandeur and carried out
with lavishness Of expenditure which, as much
as anything that came 10 the notice of the Wis
itors, must have impressed them with the won
derful growth and prosperity of Berlin. Tine char-
acter Of the entertainments provided by the COM
mittee for the DELEGATES can be guessed from the
following list, which does not include the pri-
waite receptions given in their homes by the great
men of the city Monday, social gathering III
the Exhibition Grounds; Tuesday, reception by
the officials Of the Municipality Of Berlin III the
Council House; Wednesday, banquets OF the va
rious sections; Thursday, ball III the Winter Gar
den: Friday, court festivities for invited guests
Saturday farewell festival given 70 the
members and their wives by the physicians OF
HerIin in Kroll's Garden But the greatest appeal
TO the eye from an educational point OF view
was tho Medical Exhibition, which occdpled
large portion of the National LAhloiuon fark' "a
wing of the immense Art Hall and the whole OF
Machinery Hall. Here were exhibited thousands
of articles some OF them grucSomc enough TO
keen the, lay visitor awake o. nights, intended 10
demonstrate the latest phases OF mechanical IN
ventiOn as brought into the service OF the healing
art: the newest discoveries touching the nature
of disease and means OF treatment, ana the most
modern appliances in sanitation. Most strlltlhg
however, and especially gratifying 10 an Amer
lean conscious OF the vast IcfOrmatoTN influence
which the field hospital system of the United
States as developed during the War Of the Re-
belliOn, has eXcrted on the great military NATIONS
Of Europe, was the exhibit Of the PTlsSlan war
Ministry and the Imperial Marine Hospital al
Kiel.
Here might have been seen the latest products
of Ingenuity and study designed TO lessen the
horrors Of war. Nothing was missing from
the portable medicine chest 10 an ambulance
railway train. An exhibition 20 which loan con
tributiOns we've made by several OF the great
museums and other educational institutions oil
Berlin, as well as private collcc'ions' was bouse1
In the Kunstsewerbe Museum In the honlRgTaIcr
str, several miles away from the Nedlcoeclehtlu;
Exhibition proper. ms though not Nisl'cd ~
extensively as the latter, OF peculiar interest
to the student OF medical history. The walls
of tho court in which the collection was housed
were hung with portraits Of scores Of celebrities
in the medical world from the middle ages down
70 to-day-another illustration Of the ingenious
Intelligence with which all the details Of the
meeting we're carried out. The Egyptian COllcc-
tion of the Art Museum, Of Which the greater
mart has been closed 10 the pdlfIc for four years
past contributed some OF It's most unique treas
nrcs among them the Scalpel Of an ancient sur
ycon or embalmer From classic Greece ana
Rome came number OF N0,lVe offerings from
grateful patients in the shape OF sculptures IN
marble Ind terra-cotta Of bOdy-mcnbcrs which
had been cured of ailments. Relics Of the age
in which superstition played greater role than
il does now that is am0ne clvilizcd peoples are
abown in a number of medaons with inscrip-
lions designed to ward of death and disease IN
war and peace These amulet, came from me
nriyate collection of a medical antlquaTy IN Ntl
irn5r and il is not without significance that the
latest Of them bear dates within our own century.
The superb chronological Museum was drawn on
for masks and instruments used in the treatment
20 disnoees nv the medicine men of the Indians %
North America. In a category not so far removed
in principle is an image Of silver an ,ho from can
80 Uhrev, lad 10 shield him from the evil eye.
There is also an exceedingly archaeological eX,
bibit Of medicaments used at various tunes ana
in various places in the course OF .ie aSt indce
CENTURIES which taken together with ChiheSc