The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-02

surely, that all this means a wonderful
achlevement has been made. And so,
though we may not come within intel
lectual hailing distance of the discov-
cry, we are prepared to laud the men
who have placed America on an equal
plane with Europe in the domain of
pure science. For this is what Profs.
Loe6 and Mathews have done.
The first meeting with Prof. Loeb is
surprise. One expects to see an ell
uerly, pale, heavy browed devotee of
1ne midnight oil. Instead one sees a
man who looks barely thirty, springy
OF step and quick to the degree of
nervousness in his actions. Then,
when one recalls the chronological rec
ord which places him at nearly
Iofty, the first thought is that he has
found in his Investigations some elixir
OF life which he is using himself and
had not let the world know about it.
we have way of jumping to the con-
clusion that if he has prolonged the
Hle of single cell, he may have
found the way to prolong the life of
some countless number of cells which
make up human life. No one is quicker,
however, to discountenance such a
generalization than Prof. Loeb.
May be, in years to come" he said
10 me, I'VE shall know what life is
and be able to control it, but not now,
not yet"
FOR an investigator, who has accom-
pushed long stride toward the Great
OhknoWable, Prof. Loeb is exceedinly
modest.
The most that any one can do" he
says is to add a single drop to the
sea of human knowledge. l am not
at al sure that / have done that. 1t
remains for the future TO show. The
louger l live, the more / realize that
tphemeral fame counts FOR nothing. If
the few men who really understand
Nhat l am trying to do recognize my
fed"
-, Prof. Loeb has been connected with
Shicago University for several years,
out tor many years before his coming
ihis country he mad been working
U Jh me physiological problems of life.
noil IN small German village and ed
ucated in Berlin University, are the
vvuly two facts of his early life which
ne mas made public. my work must
speak for me after that he replies TO
puesuons for details. There is, indeed,
Nough In his work TO speak volumes.
Not content with anything less than
tlSlnal investigation he began by
.'AH VIC iOWNol lOItu VI dHilildl AiiI
ana shortly discovered that these beings
we're attracted or repelled by light,
neoI gravity and various chemical sub
91'nces. He was not ready for the gem
atlon that, since these forms OF
gy were electrical in nature, all
lr Iorce was stimulated electrically.
ut ne went on and at the Naples
laboratory and at Woods Holl, In
'@asaehusetts he found that he could
ilulate chemically the life OF sea
Ii'Hln eggs. Then came his investiga-
''A INTO the secret of muscle stimulus.
vas progressing toward the prob
"i life and death.
A Just the right time along came
F'lns man who had been studying
s''ogieal problems all his life. His
was not confused with the dif-
which Prof. Loeb saw because
"'' not gone through with the
r .Aperiments As Prof. Loeb re-
",' J had reached a certain point
"t lnfestlgaiiOns and WAS looking
way when / should have looked
Prof Mathews came along.
~, Ahai ! WIS doing and looked in
NQn ] had missed"
ns.. l.Hnit was the discovery ~
tl. luluius and she cO~0peration ~
e.r,'gg iheories into a practical gem
- '''' Alalhews was born IN Chicago