The San Francisco call., 1897-07-11
Hoist
WAS WRONG
The Chicago Historian Per-
petrated a Ca
nard.
His Naples Friend Greatly
Shocked and Panied by
His Announcement.
His Great Discovery Is the Orystalli-
cation of Albuminous Matter
Into Stone.

Considerable local interest was aroused
here some weeks ago by the announce
ment made by Professor Hoist of the Uni
versity of Chicago that his friend. Pro-
lessor Won Schroen OF Naples, after twenty
years study, had discovered that crystals
were really organic substances. Scientific
men gave their opinion to the effect that
if such were really the case Won Schroen s
discovery was one of the greatest discov-
cries of the age, but the general opinion
was that there was very big If attached
to Professor Holst's statements.
1t now transpires that Professor Hoist
''went wrong" in his story, and his friend,
the Naples professor, was shocked ana
panied to hear the statement that had
been made concerning him. A long letter
has come to this City from correspond
ent of L'Italia, who visited Professor Won
Schroen in his laboratory at Naples, and
WHO asked him if the story as given was
true.
Certainly not" replied Professor Won
Schroen. ut is true that | have made a
discovery which has taken me twenty
years to perfect, but Professor Hoist has
got the whole thing mixed up-has fallen
into gross error in fact, and | cannot
imagine how he came to do so. | regret
not to be able to satisfy curiosity left
nitely regarding my discovery, but l have
already sold all the rights of the first ac-
count of it. If you will come TO nv lab
oratory tomorrow, however. l will tell
you as much about the discovery as | can
without violating the contract l have en-
tered into"
The Italian letter goes on to say that
the following day the correspondent was
punctual to the appointment at Professor
Won Schroen's laboratory in the anatomi-
cal and pathological department of the
University OF Naples. This laboratory is
generally kept vigorously closed to out
siders. The correspondent was al mitted
and was shown some Of the negatives of
the $500 photographs which have been
taken to illustrate the discovery, and a
part OF the microscopic preparations.
Being professor of the Naples Univer
sitv imsel, in the science department.,
he was able to see that the discovery
treated of the transformation of organic
into inorganic matter.
While showing some of his photographs
Professor Won Schroen said: "MY dis
coyery is not only a new road for stu
dents and those who aspire to practical
applications, based on the direct results
of scientific observations, but it is at the
same time a moral protest against the
which we grab hold OF science to the
detriment thereof" The professor also
said that his discovery gave him lngress
to a new world of great scientific i'm
portance, not only to bacteriology and all
pathological problems, but also to physics,
chemistry and mineralogy.
Won Schroen added that the premature
and mistaken announcement OF his friend,
Professor Hoist, had given rise 10 endless
Misunderstanding particularly in the
New World.
The correspondent of L Italia, DR.. Gulo
G!ordano, gives as his opinion that among
the exhibits made TO him by Professor Won
Schroen in his laboratory he considered
of the utmost scientific Importance some
successive solicitations, from albu-
minous subs Iances to stone. By means
of thousands of photographs these trans
formations were shown in the most per-
feet and complete manner.