New-York tribune., 1901-10-13
NEW WORKERS CHOSEN.
NINETEEN SELECTED BY ROCKEFELLER
INSTITUTE TO PROSECUTE MEDICAL
RESEARCH-ONE WILL GO ABROAD.


RESEARCH-ONEW WILL GO ABROAD.
Arrangements have been completed by which
| nineteen persons will within about a month be
working in research lines under the auspices
| of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re
search, which was founded several months ago
| by John D. Rockefeller, with fund of S2OOOOO
/ In the summer months, aided by the institute,
| the milk supply of this city investigated.
! and a study of the specific germ which causes
| outbreaks of dysentery in communities and In
institutions made The work now taken
up relates to phases of tuberculosis and typhoid
! fever and other problems closely allied to the
cause and prevention of other common diseases.
| These details of the work. begun some time ago,
or about to be undertaken made public
last night at the quarterly meeting of the board
of directors of the institute, held in this city.
The board consists of Dr. William H Welch,
| of Baltimore. president. and DR.. T. Mitchell
Pruden ce-president; DIR. Herman NJ. Biggs,
Dr. Christian Herter, treasurer, and DR.. Emmett
| Holt secretary, all of this city, and DR.. Theo-
bald Smith, of Boston, and DR.. Simon Flexner.
of Philadelphia All were present. The work
carried on under the guidance and with the as
sistance of the board in the summer months, and
the programme of organization adopted for the
| immediate future were discussed. This pro-
| gramme isc only tentative one and sweeping
| changes may be made
| The board announced that the nineteen work
| ers were classified as either research fellow.
scholar or student Most of the felOwshps
will yield from $500 to $500 a year. These
workers, with exception will carry on their
labors in laboratories in Chicago. Philadelphia,
! Montreal. Ann Arbor. Boston, Baltimore, Mid
| dIetown. Conn. Cleveland, New-Haven. the
! University of California and in this city. The
one exception is DR.. Marshall a pupil of DR.
| William H Welch of Baltimore, the president
| of the board, who is to study in Professor Ehr-
| liChs laboratory in Germany, some OF Professor
! Ehrlichs methods of investigation. DR.. Mar
shall received fellowship of the institute. and
started for Germany several months ago.
All the fellowships and other appointments Of
| the institute are for one year. Every person
assisted by funds of the institution is required
TO do piece Of original investigation and sub
nit report OF it to the directors of the in
stitution for publication. Each person will re-
| ceive credit for his work. Some of the com
| munications received by the board since 1t be-
gan it's work showed that in its endeavors to
| obtain tangible results possible, it
had sought to learn where capable men with
| an inclination to labor In research lines, and
willing to go ahead with appliances at hand
were to be found.
Before choosing the nineteen workers. or. at
|
to the heads of the laboratories and institutions
where research work was done asking what
facilities they had for original work and what
men were working in the laboratories. In this
way some OF the men best adapted and ready
to enlist IN the service of the institution were
| quickly discovered. and set to work We're
asked to begin the performance of a certain
| duty in the future.
| In view Of the great number Of passing prob
| lens 10 be solved. no time was to be wasted,
and that no obstacles arose to cause delay was
particularly pleasing 10 the board of directors.
! A year hence the programme OF organization
may be entirely different and there may be no
| research fellows. scholars or students working
| under the direction OF the institution. This is.
! however, merely conjecture formed from the
| Views expressed at the meeting last night. which
| strongly emphasized that the programme as
announced was only tentative.
The board is deeply interested in the work it
has been called upon to do by Mr.. Rockefeller.
| and It Is of the opinion that there are plenty
OF men in this country able to undertake the
work for which the institution was founded. 1t
/ is also the opinion OF the board that these men
have only been waiting for such an opportunity
as Is afforded by the Institution to show their
! ability in research work.
Two reports of much public interest will soon
be made public by the board. One is the report
| or the investigation or the milk supply Of this
city. and the other regarding the study Of the
specific germ which causes outbreaks OF dysen-
terry. A preliminary report OF the milk supply
| investigation submitted to the meeting
| The full report will be published at an early
date. This work will undoubtedly be continued
| next summer. there is still much to he done
| What was especially gratifying to the board
was that most of the leading milk dealers and
| many other persons connected either with the
! shipping transportation OF milk TO this city
| were found ready 10 cooperate in the task of
| improving the milk supply of the city. In this
! investigation three workers were employed. one
attended to the inspection of dairies the hygiene
| of COW stables and the handling and transporta =
| ton of milk: another devoted his time to the
| psychological work, and the third studied the
| milk supply of institutions in relation to the
| health of the inmates, and also did little work
| on similar lines in tenement houses.
| Many milk dealers expressed earnest wish
| to do everything possible to raise the standard
| of their product.
| The study of the specific germ which causes
| outbreaks of dysentery under the direction
of Dir. Simon FleXner. of the University of Penn
| sylvania. He asked his friends to tell him when
! such outbreaks occurred. When he learned of
| an outbreak in NewHaven, Conn, and an
| other in Lancaster. Penn, he sent investigators
| to those places at once. 1t is thought that the
| result OF these labors will throw some light on
| the subject.
| DOPTn PJrAN mr. C1TES rnuTETr