Evening star., 1921-07-10

point Of being revealed. Who knows?
Perhaps it hung by q hair-the hair
Of a baby guinea pig!
There are anti-scurvy factors" he
went on. There are other ,anti-berri-
berri factors, which are certainly not
the same. Then there is still a third
kind-young animals having every
necessary sterilized element for
growth do not grow; but when you
add very small quantities Of things
containing these so-called vitamines
to their nutrition they grow per-
fectlyw
Their chemical nature will become
known" he spoke up confidently. I'VE
have strong sources
Here he stopped short and went on
about guinea pigs.
IAN animal extremely liable to
scurvy." said DR.. Wollman. IF you
put them on oats they will develop
scurvy in about three weeks. 1t suf-
fees to add a few cubic centimeters
of lime or orange juice to preserve
them. Now. here is an interesting
dispute: Is scurvy an infectious dis
ease? The theory is defended by DR..
Winslow. American Red Cross repre-
sentative here, who was told in Rus
sia that scurvy is certainly an in
fectious disease. And, in fact, 1t may
be plausibly argued that lack of GER
tain substances may favorize the de-
that scurvy and berri-berri are re-
suits. Winslow assures me that in
Russia they claim so.
Now, here" said DR.. Wollman.
turning to his babies in their play
house. ARE young guinea pigs with
out microbes. These experiments on
animals without microbes will be the
only way Of showing whether or not
scurvy is a disease totally independ-
ent OF microbes"
A RT is long, and time is feeting.
~ This was all very interesting,
but it was not getting me an inch
nearer to the elixir Frankly. asked
about their American girl student.
Miss Father" said DR.. Chalmette.
approvingly. He sent for Dr.. Petit.
DR., Petit was enthusiastic. "She
wanted to perfect herself in the tech
nique Of histology for her college"
It was under DIR. Petit that she be-
gan. at the Sorbonne, in the faculty
Of sciences, under a course of his
| tology maintained there by him. And
from one thing to another she got to
| working at the Pasteur Institute.
Here, obviously, was my real start.
And right here I got my setback.
was limiting, in a tactful way. that If
discovery, I would be proud to tell it
to America, because. just now, under
the circumstances, you see, cher
Would America be interested?''
answered DR.. Calmette, in tones at
| once gentle, reproachful and with a
flash of spirit. Americans do not
know what we are doing. Do they
care what we are doing?
"Our publications are not known
in the United States" insisted DR..
Calmette firmly. Americans do not
read the communications made to
our Societe de Biologie, which has
I its seat in Paris and fifteen subcen-
ters in various countries. It's COM
| munications are read and made by
Greeks, Rumanians, Catalans, Portu-
| guese, Danes, Belgians, Argentines,
! Swedes, ETC., but only three copies
Of its bulletin are asked for in the
United States
I'VE must recognize the reception
Of American students in Paris" "
unused DR.. Calmette, "and their
| orientation to the branches Of science.
On January I, next, tho Pasteur In
stitute of Paris will begin again the
course Of higher teaching of biology.
as before the war It lasts three
months - January. February and
March-in seventy lessons. It will
| be desirable to notify American uni
! yersities-can you not do 1t through