The New York herald., 1922-07-30

rank or court prominence were hand
somely entertained by him. All the
poor and struggling Japanese sought
him for help and counsei.
His Great Discoveries
In Organic Chemistry
Meanwhile his energies, first of ali
devoted to his favorite science of or
ganic chemistry, were preparing new
triumph. The advance in anatomical
and organic knowledge presented to
him the fact that such organs as the
supra-renal glands or the thyroid
gland powerfully governed particular
functions of the body. The theory
that it was some substance impreg-
mating the glands which accounted for
their powerful action presented itself
to DIR. Takamine and to one or two
others. He set out TO isolate it. and
he alone succeeded, taking the supra
renal glands with their heart control
and blood modification for his field.
1t was naturally a difficult problem
to solve calling for the utmost skill,
infinite patience and pertinacity, and
covering years of experimentation.
1t was in 1902 that / first met the
Doctor at Merriewod Park, where h"
had rented a cottage for the summer.
To this day / recall the man clad in
a Japanese kimono, as was his wont
when the days work was done, who
welcomed me to the new tea house
beautifully poised on the borders Of
Florence Lake after a design of his
own He was of medium height,
something taller than the average
japanese, of athletic build, his whi'c
stockinged feet In japanese straw
slippers held on the small feet by a
strap inside the great toe. He car
ried a small fan in his sash and he'd
out a small hand with a surprisingly
firm grip to pe in greeting.
1t was however, the fine oval of
his face. his broad. high forehead all
in tint of old ivory and his black.
close cropped hair that held my at
tention until the spell of his large,
luminous brown eyes opened before
me with a magic kindness. a deep
sincerity and sparkle of clear h,.-
man joy. He carried his years light
ly. We were soon fast friends, and
learned the particulars Of his life and
the basic lines of his scientific work,
the wide humanity of his secular aims.
Cynicism seemed entirely wanting in
his makeup.
Japanese Still Medium
Of His Inner Thoughts
His spoken English was clear
enough with. however, a rather quaint
tendency to omit the articles which
are wanting in Japanese. 1t showed
that Japanese was still the language
CT his inner thought. Dressed in
mountaineering suits we tramped
from time to time over the little Mer-
riewold domain. He carried a small
basket into which he popped mush-
rooms, wild flowers, and what not and
he perpetually jotted down in a little
note book things observed or things
to do or have done.
He gave frequent dinners TO visiting
Japanese of prominence as well as TO
American groups friendly to Japan
on sumptuous scale. / recall one
given at the Lotos Club when a hun
dred sat down. The great table in
the center of the room was made to
Mount Fujiyama and the
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one of many. He had no predecessor
in this and may have no successor.
Rarely indeed did he preside at such
generally sitting modestly
aside. An absolutely unfounded re-
port was spread at one time that the
Japanese Government supplied the
funds. 1t was simply untrue. Indeed /
he mostly spent his money as he made
II, with a naive trust that II would
come in indefinitely.
1t was about at midstream of our
acquaintance that his really monu-
mental discovery camc into public |
view, that which is so widely known
and multifariously used i'm different
branches Of operating surgery and