Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-10

,sberg, ono OF the cicverest surgeons
n tho world, magnificent operator
md earning more money than any one
n HIS colleagues. But II In probably
,rof. Edmund Neusger, the great au-
hority on internal medicine" for
Fhom American students have the
neatest admiration. Although he Is a
Soor speaker his lectures are simply
wonderful for their depth and compre-
tcnsiVencss. When he has finished one
lces that there Is absolutely nothing
eft TO be said upon the subject. His
lasses arc by far the largest attended
lorc. He Is an extremely modest man
md cares nothing for money. He has "A
rery small practise, prcferring to give
most of his time to teaching He is also
/ devoted lover of music and plays the
sello very well. He married one OF the
principal singers In the Imperial Opera,
AUTHORITY ON THE EAR.
Another man whose name is revered
IN medical circles I'm all lands is Pro-
essor Adam Pulitzer, probably tho
greatest authority on the ear in the
world He is cousin OF Joseph Pulitzer
of the New York World" Personally
man OF the highest character and
great cordially and kindness, he is
delightful to meet. He is a cultivated
linguist and very much liked by the
American doctors He has written the
standard book on the ear and 1t has
been translated into several languages.
Unlike many Of his colleagues he gives
courses in both German and English.
u might be noted here that Know
ledge of German is very desirable al
though not absolutely essential for stu
Tents Intending to come to Vienna, A
certain amount of work can be done
without It, especially In the eye and
no ala u
there are very few English courses.
EYE SPECIALIST.
Yet another famous Viennese pro-
tessor and teacher is Ernst Fuchs who
Is undoubtedly the leading opthalmlst
In the world. What he doesn't know
about the eye is said to be not worth
moving. Very tall and slender, OF
distinguished appearance and Courtly
manners he is one of the most striking
figures in the city. He Is tireless
worker when he does work. but he in
sists on taking two months complete
holiday evety wear and goes away
leaving everything to his assistants.
like Professor Pulitzer, his books up
on his own special subject are authori-
tatve. His lectures are Just as good.
too He is a very clear thinker, an
excellent speaker and his teaching
methods are especially good
NO TIME LOST.
Though the excellently managed Ant
erican Medical Association here stu
dents are enabled to 80. to work very
quickly a point of much Importance
In the case of those who have only
short time to spare. The doctors tell
stor of one mnn--he came from Chi
cago-who arrived in Vienna at half
past two one afternoon and was at
tending a clinic at half past three.
That is perhaps rather an extreme in
stancee but q quite true that un-
der Dr. Roy Scholz, (of st. Louis)
The energetic president, the associa-
ton has a han in the general hospital
where weekly meetings are held and
lectures are -i'--- by the most distln-
guished professors who consider them
selves honored in being invited to come
and talk there. The association also
the members. although these are OF ne
eessity limited as those doc
tors who come anywhere from four
To seven thousand miles to study here,
come to work and have little time for
play. They are a very serious lot of
men. anxious to make the very most
Of the magnificent opportunities pre-
scented to them. AS u rule they win
golden opinions from the professors,
after these have first recovered from
the shock of finiine the Americans so
woefully deficient In preliminary the
oretical training. But allowing for
this. the professors frankly admit the
superiority of the Americans in pracu-
cal training and have the sincerest
respect for their workin" capacities.
FAME DEARER THAN WEALTH,
AS to what the Americans think of
their teachers here is must be said
that they are first impressed with the
scientists and the depth and precision
Of their knowledge. 1t is not so much