Evening star., 1930-04-08
WORLD ACCLA|MS
: DR.. WEIGHS WORK
Ceremonies Honor Professor
at Johns Hopkins-Hoover
Praises Research.
Continued From First Pase.l

bonored with Dr. Welch's friendship
made it privilege to join IN tnis Gay
of tribute to him by his friends and by
the great scientific societies OF our coun-
try. DR.. Welch has reached his BUN
year and whole Nation joins in good
wishes to him.
''Dr, WEIGH is our greatest statesman
in the field of public health, and MS
public service to the great Nation well
warrants our appreciation of him. With
profound knowledge, wide experience
and skill in dealing with men, SOUND
Judgment and a vision of the future, he
has been a great asset to the Nation,
and we may fortunately hope that ne
will continue for many years more 10
bless mankind with his invaluable lead
efship.
-.'Olr age is marked by two tendencies,
the democratic and scientific. In DR..
Welch and his work we md an express
sion of the best in both tendencies. He
not only represents the spirit OF pure
science, but constantly sees and selzes
opportunities to direct its results into
service of human kind.
Medicine until modern times was
species of dramatic play upon emotions
rather than a science made useful
through technology. It combined CEN
turies of experience in trial and error
in reactions from many drugs, with
maximum of skill on the part Of the
practitioner in kindly art OF making
the patient feel as hopeful and COM
Portable as possible while he was dying
of the disease, the origin and treatment
of which was as yet undiscovered. Prov
tdence was made responsible for his fate
rather than the bacillus which should
never have been allowed to infect him.
Made Valuable Discoveries.
Modern medical practice, however.
Is based upon a vast background OF
scientific research and discovery. In
the creation of this science, in the con-
version of it's principles into technical
methods for use in actual practice, IN
the diffusion of knowledge OF these prln-
ciples and methods, and In the applica-
ton of them upon national and world
wide scale, DR.. Welch has played lead
ing American part. AS a research
worker in pure science, he has MADE
original and valuable discoveries. AS
technologist he has devised practical
methods of applying pure science. AS
teacher he has spread true knowledge
and inspiration among thousands. But
in organizing and directing research ana
application of medical knowledge on a
wider field of prevention OF disease, ne
is among the pre-eminent few who de"
serve the title of statesman
mo valuable change In everyday
practice of any of the great arts mas
even been made that was not preceoeo
hy the accretion of basic truths through
ardent and painstaking research. This
sequence that precedeS effective acuon
in medicine is equally important In
every field of progress in the mooern
world. It is not the method OF stirred
public emotions, with its drama OF
headlines; it is rather the quiet, patlent,
powerful and sure method OF nature
herself. =.
his character and intellect the love OF
truth and the patient experimental
habit of the, pure scientist, with the
ingenuity Of the inventor and the Or
ranizing vision and energy OF the pro-
rooter of sound enterprise-and com
Dimes all these things with a worldly
wisdom and gracious charm tnat hAS
made Iinas,a leader among men.
F"I know; that express the anectlon
~ our coilntrymen and the esteem OF
his profession in every country, wnen l
convey to him their wishes for many
years of continued happiness.
Compared to Da Vinci.
The institution established under Dr.
welch's guidance, said DR.. Farrano'
had changed the race OF meolcal eou +
CANON
that DR.. Welch had been the leading
snirlt in the various world movements /
IN public health, his latest contribution
being as chairman of the international
Congress on Mental Hygiene, which Will
nnAAt here next month.
IL is necessary to go back to Leon.
ardi da Vinci, said DR.. Flexner, TO flno
another man in the worlds history
whose interests and accomplishments
have been in so broad a field. There
Is no human being in this country,
he said. "who is not his debtor-many
millions more than ever have hearo
his name"
A great number of kilograms and
cables from all over the world fellcltat-
ing DR.. Welch were presented TO MN
Gy DR.. John A. Kingsbury, director OF
the Milibank Memorial Fund. Or.
Welch was credited with having fur
nished the inspiration for the League
of Nations Bureau of Public Health.
Messages from the Pasteur Institute IN
Paris and the Koch Institute in Berlin
credited him with having brought to
America the early discoveries IN those
institutions which are the foundation
of modern pathology.
DR.. Welch, in response, said that he
considered today'S tribute as intended
for the great army Of teachers and SCI
entists who have worked without mucn
public recognition. The fundamental
achievement in the past four decades,
following the discoveries of Koch and
Pasteur, he said, has been in the I'M
provement of medical education.
The chairman of the general COM
mittee in charge Of the celebration was
DR.. Albert A. Nicholson of the Univer-
sity of Chicago. The executive COM
mittee consists of DR.. Simon Flexner
Iof the Rockefeller Institute for Medical
Research, chairman; John A. Kings
bury, New York, head of the Milbank
Memorial Fund, secretary; DR.. William
H. Howell and DR.. William G.. Mac
Callum, both of Johns Hopkins; DR..
Harvey Cushing Of the Peter Brent
Brigham Hospital, Boston; Abraham
Flexner, formerly of the General Edu-
cation Board of New York; Homer
Folks of New York; John D. Rookie
teller, ir, of New York; Wickliffe Rose,
formerly of the General Education
Board: DR.. Eugene. Opie Of the
Henry Phipps Institute, Philadelphia;
Senator Frederick @. Walcott OF Con-
necticut and Vernon Kellogg. secretary
Of the. National Research Council OF
Washington.
introduced New Method.
Or. Welch was born in Norfolk, Conn.
His father and four uncles were phySi-
clans. A grandfather and a great
grandfather also had been physicians.
He entered Yale at the age OF Is.
graduating In 1870, and four years later
at the College Of Physicians and Sur
peons in New York. The pioneering
work DR.. Welch began in 1877, when he
started teaching pathology at the Belle
vue Hospital Medical College in New
York. Fresh from study tour abroad
and familiar with the new scientific
technique which had led there to the