Evening star., 1919-02-23

which, through the establishment of
fellowships. manufacturing esta blish-
ments can send bright young men, and
In which. above all, systematic re-
search may be conducted for the dis
coVery OF those remedies for human
Ills which now lie hidden among the
unreslized possibilities of chemistry
THE value Of the Mellon Institute
Hes more in the stimulus which it
gives to thought and to the desire for
industrial chemical research than in
the actual results obtained under it's
roof in the search for valuable secrets
or commercial chemistry, and 1T might
well be that a similar comment might
In after years be made as to the value
or such an organization as I suggest
for the study Of medicinal drugs. But
it matters not how such results shall
be achieved whether they be won
directly or through stimulative ef-
feet. They are needed by humanity.
and very much hope that we In the
United States may find the way of
finding them"
1t is interesting to note that after
DR.. Herty originally made his sug-
gestion In the Journal of Industrial
and Engineering Chemistry. Of which
he is the editor. enthusiastic COM
mendation poured into his editorial
desk from the four corners Of the
country. Among those indorsing his
idea without hesitation were DR.. Reid
Hunt. president of the American Society
for Pharmacology and Experimental
Therapeutics Harvard Medical School.
Boston; Charles j. Lynn. president of
the American Drug Manufacturers
Association, Indianapolis; John J.
Abel. the Johns Hopkins University
Medical School. p. A. Levene, the
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re-
search willard Ohltger, president of
the Arm of Frederick Stearns & Co.
Co, Railway; Frederic Fenger of
Armour & Co. Chicago; John Uri
Lloyd of Cincinnati; Charles Z. Van
derkleed of the Hercules Powder Com
pany, San Diego. Cal; Prof Albert
Crawford of Stanford University Med
icai School, San Francisco: Arthur D.
Hirschfelder of the University of Min
nesota; Dennis e, Jackson of the Uni
versity of Cincinnati College of Medi-
cin,; {. l.. Alsherg of the bureau of
chemistry. Washing ton; A. s. Loeven-
hart of the American University ex-
pertinent station, Washington; Frank
r. Eldres of Eli Lilly & Co. Indian
apolis; D. w. Jayne of the Barrett
Company. New York; Z. r. WeidIein
of the Mellon Institute of Industrial
Research, Pittsburgh, and many
others.
Indeed the thought has been given
almost the universal Endorsement of
the chemical. profession In America,
each member of which seems to see in
il one new possibility of advancing
the good of humanity and the happi-
ness and health of the people of this
country and the world at large.
THAT medicine is so largely guess
work at the present moment" Dr.
Herty went on, thoughtfully, "is due
far less to the imperfections of medi-
cal training and research than to the
imperfections of chemical research.
How inefficient it Is that medicine
must take down from the shelf bot
tie after bottle. trying a dose from
each before it finds that which should
be administered to the sick in this,
the twentieth century! Yet that IL
must do so is exactly true.
students learn all that is offered
them of knowledge, but too little that
IS exact and final can be offered
them. Only research work can sup
ply the want of further wisdom, and
who Ia TO do the research work?
Science should be able TO predict, IN