The herald., 1896-10-14

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DR.. r. Horsch, II. D., Dtuted1 q
ia North Main street. Les Auec16
student at the university 0f
burg, Germany from1 6to 1871 o&i11
sonally acquainted through TN
years intercourse with the Gnf&G<
the most startling dfscovery ok' ~
Professor Doctor Roentgen." nSFn
was my examinator in the scl1161
physics at Wuerxburg in 1oo0. B1&
is pronounced as II spelled I3u3
rather than Rankin. He was bl5u
Lennep, Germany, e province ~
Rhine, and Is German, mot oaoIHm
as reported. He il about as yoan6 ~ q
of little more than medium sra ~
sharp. dark eyes and an expre1 ~
WEAKNESS, always dressed IN bIaQx
with care and neatnesS allno96 <&
something SO unusual among 01kxu
professors as to be particul6tlY'6ofl
able in his case. r.. ~. s y 35Sl
He was not popular socially 1t N1or
burg, being apparently Of an yll1o61
disposition, grave, cold and Gi11ut{
manner. with q monotonoun, uuGV1u1<<
thetic way of speaking and never 1AoI
to indulge in a joke or merry 5531 sllaf
out OF the lecture room Mofeoy5f.
had no commerce" in those infofr
social gatherings OF professors ~
students which are feature Of 04E1
universities, where, with beer ooA 61-'
freshments, speeches and c0nver6e. ~
meet on a social footing to, enjoy =
gree Of acquaintance ana intolcSuI
unattainable in the lecture room e.
class exercises ~.
Moreover, Professor Roenteen x1vas3 <
very severe teacher, and mocoeku1S6
failed in examination fufdersiI1Sn ( f|i1K
under Professor Kohlrausch, - t.
ne was assistant professor, tori s14f6oS
hoentgen has never yettattatno4 -
dignity of q university pfofeoa nfufl ~
At Giesen he held only an aaSioSSS q
cnair and from there was CALEB 4
Wuerzburg as assistant professor
rrolessor kohlrausch. q chair ueW4t
crfated because of a sudden and condl&-
eraDle increase In the number tof :ai2.
dents at that time. y7' ] ''s'
Until his great discovery Wa a.
nounced Professor RoentGen WA ~
comparatively unknown author of b,rf,3 r
rev scientific monographs and Profoa1{e
hohlrausch, much more widely knoVt8. I.
mas always been considered-his suberf1
IN intellectual attainments al w0lI 30
in PROFESSIONAL rank. Now Profsni5I-
Koentgen will probably be prom6t66
from the assistants chair at WuerSbe14&
dlrect to full professorship at the pSni-
versity of Berlin, the acme OF pednro11s
attainment in Germany. Nearly SIl.0P
ene prominent professorships have be31
nlied by appointments from theunfv&F-
SHY OF Wuerzburg, which has 70 come -
oe considered a stepping stone to tkS
higher appointments at the universifS,
Of Berlin, fTI -
DOUBTLESS he will fully deserve -
nlgh honor for he has accomp1inhAd ~
open competition that for which rna1S
OF the most eminent aivS able scientfe}k
OF the world were earnestly se6lkinei}S
attain, some Of them in the very c1f1D
where ne announced his Intention to a.
Tempt to bridge the last gap between fE,
known transiucency OF certain fmpefie-
trable substances and the photoRrapfic
hxtures Of the internal view Of Opeo11S
OBJECTS, which constitutes the Rre6t
discovery upon which rests his SUDDEN
worldwide fame. ,
Wuerzburg. which has rapidly gru0n
IN the last ten years from q town 6f
only $4,000 people to a population n
10000, has had connected with IL ia thSf
time many eminent scientists. AmodE
Prof. Roentgen's associates there .afS'
Prof. Koelliker, the Oldest and n6fk
eminent of all the prominent anat6p1i1fS
In the world. He Is the author of mof2
important and valuable discoveries in
anatomical science during the Last flfty
years Titan any livingman, and all 0ef-
many takessgreat and pardonable pri1s
In him, for his splendid personal aD-s
pearance at such an advanced are. ~
perfect manner, his pronounced knov1-
edge, his slillful ACCOMPLISHMENTS and
his brilliant attainments.
Also among Prof. Roentgen's coufrerAs
at Wuerzburg are Prof. Leube. the In
ventor of the stomach pump and TIE
founder of modern methods Of stoinach-
ic medication. and Prof. Fischer. who
has become eminent through Ms an
nounced discoveries In the chemistry 81
sugars and saccharine combinations.
At the University of Berlin. whoSe
professors generally have won their
spurs, as one might say, at Wuerxbur4.
Prof. Roentgen, IL called there. will is
the associate Of Profs. Bergman ana
I-eyden, who attended the late cxar. of
Russia, and of DR.. Gerhardt, probably
the most celebrated diagnostician
among the medical profession throuRh-
out the world. iN4 ~
Wuerzburg Is and hour and a half's ride
south of Kissengen, the most notedwat-
ering place in Germany. 1t Is very old
town full of medieval buildings still
well preserved, long noted as q seat Of
learning and with so much of the ro-
mantle throughout its history that It
is indeed the fitting birthplace for 4
discovery so profoundly scientific In the
careful study necessary to every several
step preliminary to final attainment ana
so very much more romantic in its ac-
tual performances than was ever the
now accomplished vagary of Jules Verne
when, twenty years ago, he published.
in that slow-coach time, Around the
World in Eighty Davs