New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-29

ones surroundings sits quite easily upon one that
| search be said 20 be acquired.
Women are often he.d To- he dis'nsg as. foT
case. then they are by nature specially qualh-a 20
carry out bacteroloecal work That they can a.
SO successfully Is shown by what they have alTeaay
! accomplished To mention but a 20" srch' NE
Mass. fse be0 oReo o9 or 5e J" na n
women who have assisted by their original inlesI-
sh9 Ps5eg aPI nsu5e s' IN Pars We have tho
mastery work OF Nine Metschrkof. who follow
contributions 20 the theory of phagocytosis with
which her husbands name Is 50 mseparaoY a.
TsiYinski whose researches on me vaccine ~
anthrax are 10 he found in The Anaies d. lInsritu
Pasieurs Scattered through some Of the principal
upon the names Of women who are occupied in
carrying out researches on bacteria valuable.
been accomplished by women in this department q
science. If can only he regarded IN me nglt Gl n
surely can be no doubt that when once Il Is realized
forms Of life and some Of the most important WA
processes which are going on around Us IN our oaiy
ife more women wi be attracted toward this
Women have perhaps gained something by wait
come aware % tho many pitfalls which beset the
path of the unwary inyestieator For example ,
d III ne iSherth low nearly fu.entv Years ago
Il was accepted and respected the pOns 81 origo
oi,lay worid a6peared 10 offer no difcuity what
ever Now. however Ne know that there are |
many other bacilu which closely resemble 4 |
that It's separate diagnosis has become most !
difficult task and elaborate tests are being con- |
tinuelv invented and applied 20 endeavor 10 deter
mine he claims OF these numerous rivals 10 ne |
distinction OF being regarded as the originator q
typhoid fever
But Just "a IN life the race must rise on step
ping stones Of dead selves so in scientific |
work the very mistakes Of our predecessors are
vantage ground from which are enabled 20
reach vet further. and ofentimes the most brilliant
discoveries are made IN going over the ground
traversed long ago by others who were not per
initted 10 see the truths which lay so near Cat HAND
and vet so relentlessly concealed from View.
IN conclusion let note Of warning be sounded
IN the so-cailed exact sciences. such az chemistry
physics and mathematics. The severe mental train
Ing involved In their study largely initiates
against the temptation 20 jump ~ conclusionst
tacteriology however. S. not 80 fortunately SIT
nated and Fe reputation has m times been not "a
little rreriled ny the hastv Interpretation % r.
suits which Were not fully matured or justified ln
To all workers In science. but especially 10 nose
engaged I'm bacferiological invest 'ho words
Of Pasieur must appeal with particular force
For thu Investigator II is the hardest oTufai
which he can be asked 10 face-to believe inai Do
has discovered great scientific truth. o. De pos
sessed with feverish desire 90 make T. know,
and vet 20 impose silence On himself for days. ior
weeks sometimes for years while striving % de-
sfrOy these very conclusions. and only permitting
himself 20 proclaim his discovery when an the adj
verse hypotheses have be ~ "a lsie 49,. 49,.
MRS PERCY FARMLAND