Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-15
Coroner Taylor'S Racy RecOllectlOnS
of Him.
LIFE ASA COLLEGE PROFESSOR
Tho Distinguished Scientists Residence
In Richmond and Novel Ex'
perimenf..

time TO time IN some OF ms experiments
and l wish to pay some little tribute
which In its intention at least shall b.
kindly, 10 the memory Of my old master
and teacher.
He was my teacher. yet reluctantly l
must say that he did not teach me any
thing. But let me hasten TO explain that
inis was not owing to any want Of ca
pacity Of the reservoir. which was indeed
superabunlantly full, but TO the made
quacy OF the receptacle which was COM
rletely swampcd by the copiousness OF
the overflow. Ills oxpositions were far
beyond the comprehension OF a medical
ncyphy.e, and 1 question II / DO any in
jrstics to the great lights Of the profess
sion Of that day when / say that even
some OF them staggered under the weight
ot his elementary facts and principles.
lie was, in truth. one ~ tnOs not very
uncommon teachers who. very wise
themselyes. yet do not know enough to
understand how very ignorant their
pupils are. Moreover, his ability % speak
tie English language nueutly vas far
from irst-Iate. a discourse as rendered
by him had much Likeness q an attack
Of the breakbone spasm-. and frequently
his agony IN trying ID make himself COM
l'chended was, II anything. gr ater than
ours IN trying To comprehend him.
Ills EXPERIMENTS HERE.
IJo came to tb. ,oIloo. ,.i,h , ..ro,,
name In f,rt tr a. u.s. r.f ,r'. -,
emiEent. h. was the next T. tie most
eminent physiolOrist OF THAI time. Nutu-
rally Sc. anticipated mucn teuett t1 our
2O"ooi 'iV'" an '-ee.7''" 80 "l0lIhI'iSH'd. a..
a.. 80 "'t'' no"t''I, we we're o'a1I pointed.
Us b''1' ''"l'' '''''-..' US I'D H'""'ili0 -
ia 'ii' t''. '''' '''.''i''7 "'."'".i 'i 'hc
many "I"'tIdtlpi7 OF iAr A'rIihcHpiy iact
i"dI Il college cannot L. run 10y Wini.
ana ih1J i"r ITS sup-tantml adNanceme M
piacticdi bus!heSs-'udn With oniy com
"oA morse cuse - Iar more desirable
Henlu'r oi IT'S faculty than would b.
Lscuidplus himself
As / have said. | WAS an assistant to
this learned man. There ara persons
whose CHIEF claim To recognition is that
they have been. or are. associated with
somebody or other, and whose proud -st
ipast Is. not that they have done some
th.nE themselves. but that they have
A''pei some one else u Do u. l hesitate
very H!u'h lh lhI5 part oI nay nara we
I iioi" apr -'H-.on mat ! nay SELF might
! - SCI Gown as one "i TINS class oi
[ 'IsoiS. 9-." it'l i-1i II it h"t proc
10 suppress 'h' it'' on thl7 account
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.',' '-'ii '+''ii'i som. P''il'' ""-h
J l"F" tt''Ih .ei t' tA-il no" inc N'h'r-
all- sage deemed m" worthy o. De- n-
tu@i.i Niir t-.-D 'si.rt'rlllil IS. have
D ulereI wa tc'. - affecting 90 max.
/ iI-ht OF my services. but. and ] say !,
with al mu!eety. Ie would have i...
only splendid failure it had not h.l.-l
! him, for it IS clear that h' could uoi
| experiment on dog until ON" had heau
i.'' nor c'ni D. "r an' "in
mortal man experiment on a cat unless
..' N" 30 i''. "H..H N-- H.ii.
! : many evident "i'H on one occasion
, The cats tai slip away from uly ln-
-.rs. anc she reversed the r>pernen'
- n'uA'.., '.oa i.' ' ioAish'd expert
1-Ater ana c.t".nf profoundly INTO his
'.1 ihi.ii ?. HOW eyer. ! snail not iuf'
/ t.-r lit iat merits .n t!-r particular
7 ]. eltilIs rs n5. Wa1 idF" tl'm iNt.
d never been 81. u "4th opportunities ~.
guest rl- t'-f 'f E'tHhS cats t'lI-
| in o." '..-- or ~...'-., should pretend a.
| ihAk He 'r.u- ''il"H.
NI>iSE' IIoNS.
! ID his ilr.. ......u .lucilqtious his
| r1.-n r.f'H... Was Nv.soci'"n-. IT, was
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