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The Hallerianum, Kronecker's magnificent physiological labora- 

 tory in Berne, has been for years an international center for physiol- 

 ogical investigators. English, American, Italian and Russian stu- 

 dents went there to learn methods and to be initiated in physiolog- 

 ical research. Well-known physiologists often worked in this lab- 

 oratory: for instance, Cyon, Gamgee, Heger, and others. At his 

 attractive home, presided over gracefully by Mrs. Kronecker, a 

 cultured lady and an accomplished linguist, one often met cele- 

 brated scientists f rom all over the world. Kühne, Mosso, Bowditch, 

 Schäfer and Foster were often there. 



Kronecker was a foreign member of our National Academy 

 of Sciences, of the Royal Society and of many European Academies. 

 He had conferred upon him honorary degrees from a great many 

 Universities. In England alone he received the degree of LL.D. 

 from the Universities of Glasgow, Aberdeen, St. Andrews and 

 Edinburgh, and the degree of D.Sc. from Cambridge. 



He had pupils all over the world. Of American investigators 

 who worked under Kronecker at one time or another I shall mention 

 only the f ollowing : Mills, Stanley Hall, Cushing, Gies, H. C. Jack- 

 son, H. C. Wood, Jr., Cutter, Carter, Busch, Mühlberg, Mays, Mc- 

 Guire, Arnold and Meltzer. 



Before concluding I wish to call attention to the following few 

 incidents which bear witness to the nobility of Kronecker's char- 

 acter. The phenomenon of the " ref ractory period," which is gen- 

 erally ascribed to Marey, was observed and clearly described by 

 Kronecker one year before Marey. Kronecker never made any 

 effort for the recognition of his priority, and both physiologists re- 

 mained intimate friends during their entire lives. I have men- 

 tioned above that Kronecker had a share, at least equal to that of 

 Von Basch, in being one of the first who intoduced the era of study- 

 ing blood pressure in human beings. But when Von Basch and 

 others neglected to give him credit, we find Kronecker nowhere 

 making an effort to obtain his rights. 



Kronecker's studies of the nature of mountain disease was a 

 Stimulus which gave rise to researches on that subject by many 

 other investigators, among whom I shall mention Zuntz and Loewy 

 and A. Mosso, who came to results differing from those of Krön- 



