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New-York tribune., 1910-04-03

woman 70 graduate from the Paris Medi-
cal University.
When the writer called at the Jacob
house the other morning the waiting rooms
were crowded with denizens Of the East
Side and Of Fifth avenue. East Sioers
who were treated as babies by DR. Jacob
half century ago now bring their grand
children 10 him for treatment Three as
sis1ant physicians ana trained nurse are
needed 10 take care OF the heterogeneous
callers. The veteran physician had begun
work al o'clock in the morning, and did
not get through until 2 p. m. after which
he might have been persuaded TO make
professional call in Brooklyn or to attend
q dinner in the evening. 1t was not until
after office hours that DR.. jacob would
see the interviewer.
A short, little man. with a leonine head
Of profuse. wavy. gray hair, stood in a
spacious back room OF the old-f2shioned
house amid bookcases filed with medical
works and journals and surmounted by
numbers OF marble busts. 1t would sp-
pear that marble busts and the reading
Of detective stories, especiall, those OF
Gaboriau. are mild hobbies of DR. Jacobi
The physician OF eighty asked the visitor
TO take seat, but ne himself stood and
while he advanced playful. ingenious and
correct arguments why be should not
break his practice Of not talking for pub
lication. He pleaded that age was no
merit. that he did not wish to set a bad
example to younger members of the med
ical profession. snd that the evolution OF
medicine in his lifetime had been better
summarized by others than he could 90 Il.
1s4s and the late death OF DR.. Jacobs Jail
colleague in that historic event-Frederick
Lessner. who carried the manuscript Of the
memorable Communist Manifesto'' 60 the
printer-which checkmated the arguments
against publicity For DR. Jacobi is an ar
dent social physician. who believes that a
healthy society would not produce many
diseased individuals He was punished for
holding this supposedly dangerous and IN
patriotic view with term Of eighteen
months in a German prison. This was in
1851. when he had Just attained his major
ity and had been graduated from the Uni
versity OF Bonn. II was sort Of post
graduate course for the young doctor and
also his first confinement case. Frederick
Lessner at the same time got six years IN
Jail When DR.. jacob learned not long ago
that Lessner. a man Of eighty-flve. was
living in poverty in London, he sent him
sum Of money.
Il believe still in the socialist IDEAL
said Dr. Jacob. with a smile and a voice
ot quiet conviction. but I am to-day an
evolutionist rather than a revolutionist-
Society. Of course viii not always do what
We wish may desire a peaceful develop
ment and 1t may occur otherwise What
- ,Eac sis los
words were spoken. When I came
here in 1S53-in a sailing ship-I had 10
walk q mile and a half from my lodgings
New-York tribune., 1910-04-03

IN New York to put a letter in the mailbox.
The postoffce since then has become
great socialistic institution. So with the
public schools and the public health de-
partments. Everything is moving IN one
direction. Some day We shall arrive.
When I began the study Of medicine in
1s47 autopsies were considered by many
physicians to be the main thing and their
ambition was to find out how the patient
died, not TO cure him. The Vienna school
OF medicine was in vogue and its high
priests considered that the ideal patient
was the one who was satisfied to be exam
ined before death by Skoda and after death
by Rokitansky. A well known professor of
medicine. Dietl, said that the physician
should be Judged by the extent of his
knowledge and not by the extent Of his
cures. Our power is in knowledge, not in
deeds
There was certainly scarcity Of deeds,
whether or not there was a plethora OF
knowledge. Various systems fourished.
New-York tribune., 1910-04-03
SOMETHING LIKE 4 CIGAR

In the KIondiks there was some complaint
about the brand OF cigars sold By certain
grocer He was told that he had better
order another brand or else lose his Gus
toners A week later he brought out q
pIacard calling public attention 10 his world
renowned "GOld-bUg'' cigars. and adding
that the tobacco from which the Cold
bugs are made IS grown entirely In con-
servatories and the cigars are made on
mahogany tables by thoroughbred Cubans
in svaIIowtafIed coats and white kid gloves
When a man smokes one OF these cigars hs
walks on air and dreams that he has q
diamond scarfpin and So suit OF clothes
on and Just married rich II makes the
breath sweet, keeps the teeth white and
will force a rnustache on the snOOthesr LIP
In five weeks. .''-TI1-Bits-
New-York tribune., 1910-04-03

can. discovered ether. This anfsthetlc was
introduced as a proprietary article. but the
profession compelled the inventor 10 give
IN the secret and the monopoly OF an IN
dispensable drug. Opium had been used 70
stupify the patient in place OF complete
anesthetic I saw many operations Win
out anesthetics. 7 operated in 1So1 Win
chIoroforrp in a clinical test examination
sOf course the major operations common
TODAY abdominal and so forth. were I'M
nossible without auesthesia, for no patient
could have lived under the shock and paln'
not to mention the lack OF absolute qules-
cence necessary in fine operations. 1t was
had enough to have leg taken off while
consciousness remained. In order TO min
irnize main the oldtine surgeon tried TO
work with lightning speed. My old teacher
Langenbeck. was going TO amputate leg
and an Englishman was on hand 70 see the
operation As the surgeon grasped the
knife the Englishman took out his spec
tacles and started TO put them on SO as 10
New-York tribune., 1910-04-03

ike that Of Brown, of England. who
thought that every disease was the result
of excitement or depression and gave drugs
accordingly. Then there was the homRo-
psthic doctrine that the less the medicine
the greater its power and drugs were ad-
ministered in ffty-thousandth dilution Of
their strength.
"AH apothecaries kept leeches and doc
tor always had a lancet in his vest pocket
so that he could bleed patients with expedt-
ton. To let blood was the golden rule in
the treatment Of infiammatory diseases 1t
is well known that Cavour, the Italian
statesman. was bled TO death by his physi-
clans in 1861. No one dared to open win
dows and give fresh air to patients in
feverish diseases. Oxygen was regarded as
poison for victims of pneumonia. Cold
water was given sparingly as drink and
in it's place the nastiest hot drinks Ike
camomile tea, were administered.
Surgery was performed without anas-
thetics until. in 1S47, DR.. Morton, an Amerl
New-York tribune., 1910-04-03
CARING FOR HORSES.

Dark stables and stalls cause many horses
20 shy. according TO Miss Ethel Money, an
English horsewoman who is now In this
country. Horses thus kept do not see any
thing when they first come out OF the build
ing. and shying thus becomes a habit
Unless horse is quiet and happy in his
stall something is radically wrong Miss
Money also says. Like ourselves horses
are sometimes restless and dissatisfied with
their quarters, and then II Is needed often
only TO change their stalls 10 remedy TINS
fault.
The mere water a horse drinks and the
,,or. water he has 20 drink the better. 1t
"a q mistake 10 water hcrses only three
rtr,as a aav IL mas peen proved that most
horses would rather 60 thirsty than drink
out Of dirty bucket
If a horse has q thin coat oT Il OF ms
feed the chances are nifty 10 one that he IS
rot getting water enough."-Chicsgo News
New-York tribune., 1910-04-03

Rundu. 70 which are attached dancing
schools something after the manner OF
those connected with the temples OF south
ern India The girls OF the village become
members of this society when they are
about nine or ten years old. and stay there
for three or four years. They are looked
after and taught by an elder woman They
live in a sort OF convent or retreat. and
they never leave its precincts unaccOm-
panied by their duenna-
So great is the reverence for this society
that no man dare set his foot within the
sacred precincts. II he did. death would
probabIy be the punishment Of his curios-
ftv. The girls pay an entrance fee, and
during their stay are initiated into the
secret tribal customs. They have special
costume. consisting OF strings OF big beads
made from a long thin cane round their
waists. and their high cOiffure IS adorned
with punches OF round. black. shiny seeds
The costume worn by the girls when they
are sufficiently slSilful 10 give public per-
forrnances consists OF sort OF netting
covering the body, with branches OF palm
leaf fibre swinging from the plated ban
giles entwininS their arms Charms are
suspeuded from the neck. and TO various
uarts OF the garments are fastened little
iron rings which tinkle as the dance
goes on.
II Is. however. not so much in the dress
as In the manner in which the dancers
decorate their faces that the Sierra Leone
dances are pe<liar. A mixture OF white
earth and grease Is smeared upon the
countenance, and then quaint devices are
traced upon the cheeks. The girls are
graceful and swing their bodies IN tune 20
the beat OF a tom-tom made out OF a
gourd After a particularly successful
performance II is not unusual for the
elderly women who have been Watching 20
rush forward and embrace the dancers.
while the onlookers shrek their snthusi-
astic delight
In most OF the dances OF New Guinea the
women are not regular performers, but are
onIv accessories. as II we're They move
about among the men pretty much at their
own sweet will and not in any regular SET
order. They have. however. special dances
~ their own, in which no men take part
ana which are Witnessed almost entirely
by women. the men considering II beneath
New-York tribune., 1910-04-03
81 xfn Wears of Pro&ress in Medicine and Surgery

watch the operation, but before the spec
tacIes were on the Englishman's nose the
leg was of. To-day not speed but safety
is required in operations. Aseps1s ana the
use OF antiseptics-surgical Cleanliness
have been big factors in the marvellous de-
velopment OF surgery.
Before O'Dwyer. one OF the few patienr
Americans. invented his wfndpipe tuoe lor
Group and diphtheria thousands OF chl--
dren had their throats slit open In the op-
Grafton OF tracheotomy. European phy-
sician told me that this terrible operation
used TO uunerve him completely He per
formed it without ansesthetic-
..rhe germ theory OF disease. with It's
great consequences in antiseptics. ana th~
discovery OF antitoxin for many plaques
dates from about 1870 and the great pi-
oneers were Pasteur and Koch. After
Paster1r had made his studies in fermenta-
ton Koch found the germ OF tuberculosis.
then of cholera and has since done great
deal for the increase of our knowledge.
started by the English. OF sleeping sick
ness Psychological laboratory work IS
now obligatory for medical students
THE great increase of knowledge mas
made IL necessary to extend the time OF
study in medical colleges Half century
a
Now we have four years. with much longer
courses and more. subjects taught We
have added to thoroughness also, and the
so-caIIed didactic lecturer is less esteemed
than formerly. Bedside and clinical work
and practical laboratory work are now re-
parded as OF the greatest Importance We
are sAl defective In neoslos iil7Ii AO 'iO--'
In preface to a lately published eight
To-
addresses. scientific papers and other writ
ings. edited by DR.. William J. ROBINSON
the veteran physician says:
1.-The first of my professional successes
was the fact that IL took my first patent
only a. fortnight after my new shingie De-
gan 10 ornament No. 20 Howard street 10
cali on me with his 25-cent fee That was
,n November. 1853. I must have had GUtre
a reputation at that time, for MS only eN-
cuse for coming at all was that he had
heard Of me- I think I must have gathered
many more such fees, for after less than
fo1,r YEARS was one Of the founders OF
the German dispensary. IN which treatment
was strictly gratuitous-
AFTER seventeen years I scored quite
success, when I-refusing TO resign-sot
myself expelled from public institution
for proving a 100 per cent mortality among
the babies there. and for insisting upon
farming out system"
DR.. Jacob still doesn't believe IN keeping
foundIings in hospitals, except for the
treatment of diseases. For one thing, IN
fantile epidemics sweep through an insti-
tuition. and for another no scientific care
in wholesale fashion compensates for the
individual mother love obtained by farm
ing out the youngsters among private faIni-
lies. A baby given out TO poor italian
mother at & or s. a week, with little
supervision and instruction OF the foster
mother he thinks thrives better than II II
New-York tribune., 1910-04-03
PACIFIC SLOPE
San Francisc0's Claims to q
Panama-Pacifc Far.
IRv Telegraph to The Tribune. ]


San Francisco. April AT meeting OF
the Panama Pacific fair directors this week
Franklin Lane, Interstate Commerce Com
missioner, made g speech declaring that San
Francisco has the first claim TO world 8
exposition in 1915 because this city fought for
digging the canal and should be permitted
TO direct the celebration Of its completion
He said the Panama Canal would settle
freight rates as well as the labor question
in California He advised Caiifornlans TO
send men TO Washington and demand IN
Congress that TO which San Francisco was
entitled.
New-York tribune., 1910-04-03
Dr. Abraham J0cobf
Has Seen Many
I'm pro dement's
m P~0Cffce.

Rom lecchinE and blood letting to
y blood TRANSMISSION. from the suffo-
- cas5ou treatment OF pneumonia to
-, o-e1 air method. from surgery a bar
- torture 70 tie rsarvels of painless
-,,-,-sou. from sitting children's throats
- 4-se-tscC a tube N the windpipe. from
= doctrine thar physicians should chiefly
-, 70 make good autopsies TO the belief
- -hev should save lives. from patno-
.--ar crcssWorl1 20 the germ theory Of
s.ss4se-a-l iEis has been seen and lived
.--o~eh by q New York physician, who.
~..sfet-- venrs. IS SIN buslly practising
rs profession
n Abraham Jscohi Is not merely ole
- vsE--ous. lie IS distinguished. He
- heer not a passive spectator but an
- PARTICIPANT in the medical evolution
- revolution Of the last sixty years
se considered the chief American au-
------- o- chiIdren's diseases and has
- eminent work IN other fields An Of
80 celebration Of his eightieth birthday
= Nav g vifI he conducted by the New
- STATE Medical Society, and doubt
-.zz The entire country viii take a hand
= --a -e-eh-arior- 4 bronze bust OF Dr.
-,-,rf made by Joseph Davidson, viii be
-,s-s5 IN Mount Sinai Hospital. with
- he has been connected for half
,s----v. and the library in that institu-
- --i-- be named after the physician. 4
81 --f f=-e--s ward IN the German Hos
-f-sl endowed rv Mrs Anna woerishofrer
= re extent of 100000. will be known
e re Abraham Jacohi chiIdren's divi-
81 There Vii be dinners. addresses,
-esc-u--7-5-
Z Is suspected that in putting on his
Hsrs 0- Jacob VIII give them a slightly
axis -.-- and crack wirticisn- Il is
rs uar when anything personal 10 him
r--~es --. E-oadness Of view rather than
ne ---z=s-v is the cause OF this atti-
--5e fz= EeCards individual knowledge
and achievement as comparatively small
p does r-- believe IL the great man the
n.y. AID considers hero worship to be one
NJ -te diseases of infancy. Not that he
lacks a---7cia-icn OF youthful naIvete. He
-sz=s -n--E people and keeps himself
-a--C rr assOciatIug with them His
recreation IS PLAYING with his grandchil-
s-s- r7-- little 1IcAnenys. whose papa Is
h-rarcr pres dent Of Manhattan
r- -s-aH5 and the NcAnenys live to-
re-1sr 5- d nig house a No I9 East Attn
Street 2 may be recalled that Dr. Mary
P--rz- Tzcchi. wife Of the physician and
te-s=r e. ~-actiGoner Of note, died in 1905.
s-e Vas The 6rsr graduate woman phar-
r-a--s- -- the United States and the first
New-York tribune., 1910-04-03
Sir Ernest Sbacklefon Has
LiveIY Sense of Humor

Page 324. line 4. being duly looked up. was
found to read as follows: This surface Is
hell on ones feet
On another occasion Lieutenant ShackIe-
ton placed biological and meteorological
collections on exhibition in London for the
aid OF some charity. AS persons came in
he made himself useful by taking them
around, explaining and describing the varl-
Gus exhibits and telling them OF the Ant
arctic regions generally. Young man.
snauped an old woman, you seem 10 have
AT uncommon lot TO say. One would tnlnk
TO hear you talk that you had been mem
Der OF the Shackleton expedition your
self"
Three men went with Lieutenant ShackIe-
ton during the last stages Of the dash for
the South Pole. On the return trip rations
were reduced almost 10 starvation limits.
In speaking about this part Of the journey
the explorer was unconsciously pathetic.
We talked about nothing except food
said he Our one topic OF conversation
was what we would eat when We got back
20 civilization. We took turns planning our
food for a day. and this talk never ceased
to be interesting. One night l went 70
sleep and dreamed that I was eating a
great big cheese sandwich It was the
most heavenly dream I ever had tod
them about it when woke Up, ana 90 you
know those brave fellows were truly envl-
Gus OF my good fortune? Oh, for Just one
dream like that, they said
The Oldest and politest member OF the
expedition Sir Ernest said, was trofes-
.or Davis. In his lecture al Carnegie Han
the explorer told this story: 'Morston was
also a member OF the expedition. He was
hard al work one day when he heard Davis
calling him.
'Morston. I say. Morstop"
What do you want?
Are you busy. MorstonT
Yes: what is il"
Are you very busy. MorstonF
I told you I was?
Well. I say, Morston. il you are sure
you are not too busy and you don't think
IT would put you TO too much Inconvenience
I should be really very much obliged to
YOU if you would be so kind as TO give me
a ufl. ! am down here in a cTevasse and
can't get out But l am very sorry 10 dis
turb you, Morstou
But. as a rule. Lieutenant Shackleton
said the courtesy in Antartic circles was
that of action and not Of words. w ny,
,a exclaimed. when a man saved another's :
life the only return he would get would be
2 grunt and the remark, Well, 1 could
have saved myself, anyhow.
Probably IL the average American VINO
has seen and heard Sir Ernest were asked
which of his characteristics most impressed
him he would instantly reply. His
rpodestv'' one is impressed with that i'm
mediately He rarely speaks IN the first
person. and takes himself and his deeds
as a perfect matter Of course He never
credits himself with having done anything
extraordinary. but is quick to speak in the
warmest terms of the men who went with
him. In Staging their praises he Is not
backward.
II YOU want really 10 get on this young
FneIishman's nerves ali you have to do Is
"a ask him 10 tell you something about
himself and If you want to drive him
wild" Just try TO insist on his telling you
about the honors he has resolved since his
safe return from the "fartheresr' South.
You will succeed.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-15
WHIP VANISHES FROM
UP WOMAN'S SLEEVE
Relic of Philippine Insurreetion
MysteriousIy Disappears

An insi signihcant looking whip with
a significant past has caused sore dis
tress to Mrs. III. L. Kinnison. wife OF
Captain Kinnison of the quartermaster
department, commanding the transport
Sheridan
Mrs. Kinnison entered the Emporium
Monday afternoon with the whip
tucked in her sleeve. Shortly after
ward she emerged with nothing up
her sleeve; the whip was missing
AT her home, 1719 Filbert street. Mrs.
Kinnison yesterday explained why she
had placed an advertisement in a daily
paper telling OF the loss Of "an insig-
nificant looking whip about 20 inches
long"
1t was relic OF the Philippine insur-
rection and highly priced because it
had been the property OF Pilar's adju-
tant- The whip was taken from the
adjutant in Luzon by Captain Joseph
c. Castner of the quartermaster depart
ment, who Is stationed at the casual
camp, Angel Island. Knowing that Mrs.
Kinnison was a collector OF relics.
Castner gave il to his fellow officer
Kinnison for his wife.
But it developed that Mrs. Castner
is also fond of gathering relics, and so
was not particularly elated when she
learned that the adjutant'S whip was
gracing Mrs Kinnison's collection In
time Mrs. Kinnison learned this and
so decided to take the whip TO Mrs
Castner last Monday.
That's how il is that Mrs. Kinnison
lis very anxious to recover an insignid-
cant little whip about 90 inches long,
which has a bamboo stock and a lash
made OF bamboo fiber.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-15
AUTOMOBILE ROAD IN
SHASTA COUNTY BEGUN
Boulevard to Run Through Most
Beautiful Section of Country

A long needed want throughout
Shasta county will shortly be satisfied
with the opening of the new 21 mile
automobile road. scheduled to be ready
for use by the first of the year, and to
be in perfect condition for the coming
summer. Plans for a road of the sort
have Long been under discussion The
road rs TO extend from Kennett to
Gregory along the west side of the
river
AS surveyed. there will be only one
piece of the roadway. less than three
quarters of a mire long. with a grade
of 6 per cent the balance averaging
for 20 miles grade of per cent at
its steepest.
The contracts have been let in three
divisions, so as to get the work COM
pleted in time, and after the rains Of
the winter Ii will all be gone over
again in the spring so as TO be in per-
feet condition for automobile enthus-
lasts by the beginning of May.
The road will run through the most
beautiful part of Shasta county, through
the famous Shasta valley, 20 miles
above Redding, and while going within
hailing distance of Shasta Springs, ii
cuts out the United States fishery and
the ferry on the Pitt river For It's
length and the rough country it ira
verses 1T promises to be one of the best
roads in the state. and its completion
WILL 1t is expected, improve the ship
ments and produce of the entire county.
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-15
GRAND JURORS APPEAR
IN THE POLICE COURTS
Interested in Testimony in Two
Chinese Cases

Prior to, the trial Of All Sing in Police
Judge Shortalfs court yesterday on a
charge OF vagrancy Grand Jurors Som
lner and Wistnert asked the Judge to
have his sJenographer take the evi-
dence and the judge agreed to the re-
quest. The grand jurors remained IN
court till the conclusion OF the case.
Sergeant Layne and Policeman Egan.
who arrested All Sing, testified that he
was a lookout for Kung Hing, S41 Du-
pont street, who had store there. but
they had reason to believe that gam
bling was going on.
Kung Hing testified that no gambling
was carried on, that All Sing had $500
invested in the store and was employed
there.
rs IT rot fact that you were one
of several Chinese who were with me
at conference with the mayor in his
Office and that the mayor advised you
to gamble all you wanted within the
law and that IL any officer interfered
with you TO report the fact to him.
asked Attorney Carroll Cook, who rep
resented the Chinese.
The question was objected to and
the objection sustained and Cook said
he merely wanted TO bring out the real
reason for the defendants arrest. The
case was dismissed
The same grand jurors were in Judge
Weller's court yesterday at the trial
before a jury of Sergeant Layne
charged with battery upon Wong Ken
The jury brought in a verdict OF not
guilty.