Cañon City record., 1906-10-25
DIR. BROOKS RETURNS FROM
EXTENDED TRIP ABROAD

DR.. and Mrs. W. F. Brooks and son.
Harold, returned home Thursday night
after nearly a years absence abroad
during which time they made tour of
southern Europe; extended their trip
in Egypt and Asia Minor, visiting
Cairo, Alexandria, Jerusalem, Constan-
tinople and other famous cities of the
far east.
The trip was made principally for
study and DR.. Brooks devoted him
self TO postgraduate work in the hos
pitfalls of Vienna, Berlin. London, Edin-
burgh and other centers of medical
science.
On leaving New York on their out
ward trip they proceeded directly to
Spain, making their first landing at
Gibraltar. After a brief tour of the
: lberian peninsula they continued their
sea to Egypt, where they remained for
some time. They visited the pyramids
and went up the Nile as far as the
first cataract, enjoying every minute
of the trip. which was made partic
ulariy interesting on account of its
historical associations and the unique
ness of the surroundings.
From Egypt they went to Palestine
and made a tour of the Holy Land, vis-
iting all of the places and scenes hal
lowed by the life of Christ Later they
visited Corstantinople and obtained
some idea of the Turkish government,
or rathe- disagreement The cum
ming duplicity and graft of the Otto
I Broks. who was astonished that such
iorganized dishonesty should be per-
mitted to exist, even in the Orient,
where they are fine art and where
they have practiced for centuries:
From Turkey they went to Vienna
where DR.. Brooks spent the major part
of his time abroad in the study of his
profession. being a pupil while there
of DR., Lorenz, the world renowned sur
geon. OF late years Vienna has be-
come the center of medical and sur
gical science and is the mecca of stu
dents of those professions from all
civilized lands. At the time DR.
Brooks was in Vienna there were one
doing postgraduate work in the hos
pitfalls of the city, a larger number than
in any other European capital, The
Americans have their own medical
society and employ the best lecturers
obtainable to address them on scien-
tific subjects.
From Vienna DR.. Broks and family
went to Berlin where stay of several
months was made and where the pro-
fessional study begun at Vienna was
continued. Although a great center of
science and original research Berlin
does not rank as high as the Austrian
metropolis as a place for the study of
medicine and surgery. In Berlin DIR.
cans doing postgraduate work in his
profession, although that is probably
a larger number than can be found
elsewhere, except in Vienna. On leav-
ing Berlin DR.. Brooks and party pro-
ceeded to London where two weeks
were devoted to the hospitals at the
end of which they went to Edinburgh,
the center of Scotch art. refinement
and learning, where stay of some
time was made. The hospitals of
Edinburgh are hardly excelled in
Great Britian and Or, Brooks ma
circulated there as a student From
Scotland they returned to England
where work was again taken up in the
metropolitan hospitals of London. Ac-
cording to DR.. Brooks, the city has
nearly 1000 900 inhabitants and is one
of the wonders OF the world. 1t is
growing by leaps and bounds and
wherever one goes in the metropolitan
area he sees great throngs OF people
While there he visited the famous
Whitechapel district ON the east side
Of the city. renowned for III NTH. pow
erty and crime. for the purpose Of at
tending one OF the mlssion Sunday