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pathology. He wrote of the book: " It is a capital standard work, 

 for which please accept my heartiest thanks! " Many letters of 

 appreciation from American and European botanists attested their 

 high estimate of the volume's value. 



Since 1899 Dr. James Ewing had been professor of pathology 

 at the Cornell University Medical College in New York City. His 

 degree as a doctor of medicine had been obtained at the College 

 of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University and at that 

 institution he had been a tutor in histology and an instructor in 

 clinical pathology. He was a holder of a bachelor and a master 

 of arts degrees from Amherst College. Throughout his entire 

 career he was one of America's leading medical pathologists and 

 bacteriologists. He wrote Smith on September 26, 1905: " I am 

 delighted to see your magnificent volume on the Relation of Bac- 

 teria to Plant Diseases. I have often wanted to know something 

 about plant pathology and the chances of learning now seem much 

 brighter." He and Smith had had at least one consultation, and 

 Dr. Ewing promised that all of the publications of the medical 

 college would be sent him. 



Dr. Simon Flexner of the newly established Rockefeller Institute 

 for Medical Research, located at 50th Street and Lexington Avenue, 

 placed a copy of the volume in the Institute's library and wrote 

 that he was "confident that it will be of great value to workers 

 in bacteriology." He asked for a copy of the second volume when 

 published and invited Smith to visit the Institute. 



From Harvard Medical School, Dr. W. T. Councilman of the 

 department of pathology thanked and congratulated Smith on his 

 " admirable work " which, he believed, " will form one of the 

 most useful books in our laboratory." To Dr. Theobald Smith 

 the volume invited " thorough study and the illustrations pro- 

 mise[d} to be very helpful." He hoped to read it carefully since, 

 he said, " I am very much interested in the phenomena of para- 

 sitism and intend to learn something of the work among plant 

 parasites. It is a monumental piece of work. Your kind reference 

 in the preface is scarcely deserved, but it is accepted with due 

 appreciation of the good will which prompted it." 



Dr. Sternberg found it a " valuable work . . . evidently very 

 complete." 



Dr. V. A. Moore wrote: " I am satisfied that you have done an 



