The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-10
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nh. oorH cENruRY's PROBLEM.

AT the close OF a week lectu % ~
patent law at the University OF M1cnlsan.
A Ia wver. predicted that the Twentieth Cen
tury would see no such inventions as mad
Ethe nineteenth but would penetrate the
nvstery of death. Either Hptritualism
would demonstrate Immortality py hc-
8tual communication with departed SOUS
or science, would, disprove It by showing
that all, feeling IS produced py eiec '''3''e7'E
effects on the BRAIN
THEORY OF LIVING METALS.
The idea that metals are unchangeaple
and lifeless, which was held for centuries,
began to give way several years aeo ~
scientific tests which led to the theory
Of diseases In metals. Now prominent
German specialist in metauurgy, ".
Rechhold goes still further after q series
OF rigid experiments. He thinks new
and Important branch, that OF producing
sinoculattng material for metals to change
their temper and form without Waiti1ls
tempering now in vogue, Is In sight; me
process Is virtually analogous to that OF
vaccination In aniamsl. An inorganic
substance Is inoculated with crystals OF
q certain kind In order to breed desired
! capitalization OF the metal, AS science
has gradually built bridge between ami
NAL lHe and plant life, 30 It now appears
possible to bridge the gap between plant
lie and the so-called inorganic or dead
world.
z NEW YORK ROUTES SMALLPOX.
The New York Medical Journal reports
that for the first time In may years the
whole city of New York is free from
smallpox. The Board OF Health has even
abandoned the hospital on North Brother
4 Island
pRIZE WOMAN SCIENTIST.
DR.. Florence r. Sabin, assistant in
anatomy at Johns Hopkins University,
has been awarded tho $1,000 prize for the
best piece of scientific research done by
woman. This prize was awarded at
the recent annual meeting OF the Assoc
citation for Maintaining the American
SHomans Table at the Naples geological
station, which met at Smith College. DIR.
Sab!ns work had to do with the origin OF
the lymphatc system.
PROF, BELLS TRIANGULAR KIT'Ds
At the recent Washington meeting OF
the National Academy OF Scientists. Alex
ander Graham Bell made detailed ex-
planation of his much-talked of tetrohe-
dron. or triangular pyramid kite expert
ments. This form overcomes two de-
fects OF the fargrave box kite; one D.
doing away with cross supports, which
increase the weight without adding &c
the power, and. two by making the lift
ing power increase at a greater ratio
than the increase In weight, rather thar
the reverse which was true of the boz
Ute. Thus the larger the triangular kite
the more It will lift. BY combining 8
great many In larger tetrahedra Mr.. Bel
sct a kite which lifted the weight Of q
nan and 300 pounds
DOCTORS AT NEW ORLEANS.
rhe American Medical Association me
al New Orleans during the week viii
1000 physicians An attendance. Or. Bill
i,ngs advocated tho elimination of larg
number of medical colleges. saying tina
from 10000 Il, 1900 physicians were grad
! You = ~ ash year. While put 2'Soo wef
Why yGuSY
'Precisely.''&az, this Ytnennese surgeon. at
I haven't TX performed several operation
nd think i,f doctors took issue with NJ