Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-02
SCIENTIFIC CONQUEST OF EUROPE.
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WASHINGTON. January l.-"Evci
since Colonial days American medical
men have been going 10 Europe e
learn: nov. for the first time. they are
going to teach"
lhat is the way one prominent ply
STEFAN described Tho rev place in the
eyes OF the world which American med
'cai science has Won since the begin
nine OF the European war. Especially
IN surgery and sanitation il H. Amer
leans who have worked out the new
methods. To the American hospital in
Paris European surgeons have come
as pupils Richard Strong. an Amer
. icah. conquered typhuS IN serbia. This
is The first war in the world that has
seen more men killed hy wounds than
by disease: and the saving OF the lives
usually destroyed by the infections OF
camp and garrison * very largely due
TO American methods Of sanitation.
That American medical science has
won a new world standing is gen
orally cou"n,icd aud that this conquest
IL primarily triumph of recognition
for the practical qualities If III" Amer
lean mind is the opinion Of men of
science. The practical application of
principles has long been tho special
province "f American science: our
famous inNcntiNcncss is nothing but
that. Other nations may excel us in
scientific research, H. the discovery aud
aualAs sis of natural forces: hut Amer
leans arc prc-"inincnt III making them
work VIC are Young people with
pi"nccr blood IL our veins. aud the
TASK Of tho pioneer is 10 make what
""n"S I" his hand scrvr his rurpos"
VI IS pointed out by some observers
mat Americas medical, n,cn have long
played an important part IN tho do
fol"pmcnt Of m"dira! science by sue
"cS"fu'ly applying the principlcs
evolved in Europe: and that they have
not always gotten full credit for what
IS. from ono point OF view. the most
important part az tho work. thus. for
c%amrlc. Russian. Ncrhitsky. dis
covered that hubonic plague il trans
nlttt"d by n"as: ~ English scientist
nroNed tho theory on q large scale
hut u rcna incd for an American. !,u-
port flh". !" prevent hubnnic plague
IL ratDroo'inc. whole citicr Tho
Nmcrican plague laboratories in Now
Orleans aud san Francisco have hccn
studied ny scientists from all parts or
tho world Ncrhi;sky WAS tho dis
c"N"'cr of tho method az infection:
mn inc prevention and eradication OF
p!: quo is American science
'."rEns tpplicd Other Djsco,~rIcs
Tho proof that mosquitoes arc tho
carriers Of malaria WAS lhov.tsc an
International job. Frcnchman.
i.aN"ran. was tho diScovcrcr Grazzi
and Rigari. italians did valuable work
49, - '.''''''lSs '1fSa.s &c pI thr infCs-
ton; as did'$AirE:&pum an American.
ana Manson and Rose. English,ncn. II
was tn. American. GorEas. who an
nIied 'hcs" discoveries al tho Canal
I"n". after France had failed there.
made q plague spot ono az tho ho.I;b :
icSt places IN tho tropics AMI opened
Na@' possibilities IT DEVELOPMENT in
that region
In IN" sam" way. = rromcnnar Ills
covered tho 'ra, smissi"n az ,,phms
lever by body lice. hut Americans
nr"N"d tn" theory. and have mos, or-
f"ctiNely used IL. As is we'll known.
~ conquest Of yellow fever In the
IhiiippincS was purely an American
ach'eNcin"nt. In this triumph or Amer.
ican science. for which several Amer
ican physicians dcliharatciy laid down
'h"'r hEes is seen tho combination Of
practical purpose and emotional rnon-
ianeity. which arc really our outs,.pJ.
ing characteristics as :. nation
~ is this power Of emotion which IN :