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at this time, was as a beacon light on a dark night. I received my 

 copy before Dr. Herter's attention was called to the work. He saw 

 it on my table and, borrowing it, informed me shortly afterwards 

 that if I really wanted a copy I had better send for another. True 

 to bis word, I never saw this first copy again and I doubt not that it 

 rests now in his library well worn with eager study, which it received 

 at that time. My second copy served a similar purpose in my own 

 hands. 



My personal relation with Dr. Herter was interrupted by the 

 decision to study medicine. The modest beginnings of his work, 

 which hardly interested more than a narrow circle of personal 

 friends and admirers, grew to a proportion that brought him into 

 national and, indeed, international prominence. A man of unusual 

 personal charm and sincere purpose, he demonstrated how personal 

 opportunity could find unselfish application to the benefit of his 

 fellowmen in the field of applied medical science. 



Laboratory, 50 East Forty-first Street, 

 New York City. 



