Evening star., 1925-04-05

and baby monkeys, but simian en-
bryos as well. He gathered, IN all,
$50 specimens of all ages and varie-
ties, some of which have proved in
valuable in his work since.
In most instances DR.. Schultz made
his anatomical researches on the spot.
He was concerned not only in the
preservation of the victims skulls,
but also many organs and nerve CEN
ters. A few he picked intact, and to
spend an hour in his laboratory Is al
most equivalent to going through a
nightmare. From floor to ceiling
every wall is striped with shelves.
From them grin the hideous skulls of
man and monkey alike, row upon row,
score after score.
Punctuating these seemingly end
less rows Of hideous reminders Of the
work science is doing are big jars of
picked" monkeys, submerged in the
fluid that preserves them Indefinitely.
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nR. SCHULTZ can tell you some
~ thing of the history of many of
his exhibits. One of the human
neck of a Chinaman who was decap-
itated for an offense against one of
the feudal lords of his native China.
One of the most interesting species
of monkey, from the standpoint of
the layman at least, DR.. Schultz found
in the Nicaraguan jungles was the
"howler monkey" 1t is so named
because by the judicious use of an
exaggerated sort of Adams apple 1t
can howl so Justify that it fairly
wakes the forests with its throaty
appeals. In a photograph it looks
for all the world like q disgruntled
old man.
Soon after settling in camp DR..
Schultz came upon one of these howl
ers. When a carefully aimed rife
bullet brought it to earth 1t was
found to be the mother OF a likely
looking youngster, which was easily
captured alive and named "Tas. ~
Why the name no one knows, but
Tas soon became the pet of the
camp and took quite contentedly to
the ease and attentions it received
in the somewhat civilized outpost
that had been established.
Tas stomach, however, soon
proved to be its undoing. By means
of long syringe DR.. Schultz fed 1t
nice, warm milk. TaS quickly de-
veloped the throaty below of it's an
cestors, despite its tender age, and
did not take long in learning that it's
yelps brought quick action when it
was not fed frequently and promptly.
One day while DR.. Schultz was out
hunting more specimens, however,
Tas yeIped too loudly and an over
fellow too much milk. Now Tas
occupies one of those pickle" jars in
DR.. Schultz's laboratory.
Whatever modern man may think
of his plight in being obliged to live
in rather crowded city quarters, and
however he may bemoan the condi-
tion of his health, as a result of
being taken from the forests, where
we are told our ancestors once fol-
lowed the avenues of the tree tops,
he may well pity the poor monkeys.
Leading the natural life in the pure
air and the abundant sunlight of the
great open spaces does not save from
disease.
Moreover, they are susceptible to
much the same ailments with which
the "cliff-dwellers' of our cities are
troubled. In fact, DR.. Schultz and
his colleagues rather believe that
civilization is much maligned when it
is shouldered with the blame for
breeding the germs that affiict US to-
day. 1t is considered rather signifi-
cant that monkeys, which, perhaps
never before saw a human being, suf-
fer from the same scourges, and TO a
much greater degree.
For instance, the jaunty little sim
ian that swings happily from limb to
limb may be deftly concealing by his
carefree manner a throbbing tooth
ache. At least, DR.. Schultz found
after a study of the skulls he brought
back from Nicaragua, that a lot OF
dentists could do a tremendous busi'
ness in monkey-land. Dentists, In
deed, are most badly needed there.
THE instances in which teeth were
missing from monkey jaws because OF
abscesses were so numerous that
was surprised" said DR.. Schultz. ~
had expected to find a certain amount
of disease among the animals, but
not to learn that they come so far
from leading the sound and healthful
existence that people imagine wild
things lead"
DR. WISLOCKI studied 100 Of the
II specimens for, other diseases and
found that screw-worm is quite q
common ailment among monkeys
Many were also infested with larvae
that had developed in their hides
from the bites of tropical insects
I'VE found" DIR. Wislocki said. that
almost all Of the monkeys were i'll
They Wera-not- -stricken<i in avery in