erly cut off, and we were able to trace out collateral circulation. It 

 was not only such trust and kindness as this but Dr. Abel's sympathy 

 and understanding for all those who had the truth of things at heart 

 that gave one faith, faith in the value of scientific ideals. 



During the many years that I was with him I never heard Dr. Abel 

 speak of trying to find a man for his laboratory or showing interest 

 in promising young men who might make good pharmacologists. As 

 far as I knew, men simply came there as 1 did, delighted with the op- 

 portunity of being allowed to work there. Everyone always seemed 

 welcome, and a place was made for him. Dr. Abel's love of foreigners 

 was obvious. Japanese, Chinese, South Africans, Englishmen, Swiss, 

 Poles, and Spaniards worked there in even the few years that I was in 

 the department. His recommendation to his assistants of new ar- 

 rivals was the closest to falsification that I ever knew Dr. Abel to 

 come. He brought me one man, for instance, whom he assured me 

 would be of invaluable assistance, and introduced him as an expert 

 biological chemist with a splendid training in medicine. This was a 

 Spanish priest who, beside Spanish, spoke nothing but German and 

 very little of that. I told this new associate that my work was on 

 the liver, which seemed to interest him, and he confided to me that 

 he was a "non-conformist on the liver, that it was the cause of tuber- 

 culosis." When I asked him why, he replied that he would have to 

 consult his notebooks, but they were in Spain. On getting to know 

 him better, I found that he had had five years of lectures in chemistry 

 and medicine but had never held a test tube in his hand or done a 

 single experiment of any description. However, he turned out to be 

 a most delightful person, of whom I became very fond. 



With the exception of those who came to work ^vith Professor Abel 

 on his own problem, men were simply turned loose and allowed to 

 sink or swim. Some went through a great deal of mental anguish be- 

 fore finding a problem, but it was surprising how each did, how they 

 absorbed the spirit of the Professor, and after a very short time were 

 working day and night. One needs only to go over the list of those 

 who worked in his laboratory and their accomplishments to see that 

 whatever the methods of education were which the Professor used, 

 they certainly were successful. 



Finally, I should like to consider what Abel did for pharmacology, 

 that special field of medicine for which he was responsible. It is 

 often said that he paid no attention to organization, that he entirely 

 neglected the training of his assistants as well as the students, and 

 that in spite of his intense interest in research he let pharmacology 



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