a table. What the men lacked most was daylight. With Chicago ^"7 

 herself ungenerous in the matter, such light as there was, got 

 into the basement rooms only through four slit transoms. Two 

 of the upper rooms were more fortunate. In the third, Wherry 

 alternated space with Rosenow, since both had to manoeuvre 

 for light from the only — and laterally placed — window. 



The men managed well, nevertheless. 



Hektoen began their training in the sound school of tech- 

 nique. In this direction opportunity was large. Autopsies in 

 the "County" or the "Pres" were everyday affairs and major 

 portions of the cadavers found their way into Hektoen's labo- 

 ratory for more detailed study. To these were then added all 

 the amputations, tumors, and infected glands that a half dozen 

 surgeons, working steadily, could deliver. But to the anatomi- 

 cal study of such human remains was always added a bacterio- 

 logical (in fact, it was through Hektoen and his workers that 

 Rush was of the first of America's schools enabled to boast an 

 equipment for bacteriological instruction open to all the stu- 

 dents). Weak men and the preternaturally bright died on 

 Hektoen's treadmill. It left men like Wherry to be put upon 

 "problems." Thus it was that he was soon engaged upon a 

 statistical inquiry into the segmentation and fragmentation of 

 heart muscle. 



What was unearthed in these more private quarters became 

 the subject of essay or demonstration at a "conference" that 

 Hektoen was wont to call each month. It was further good 

 training, for here the men learned to be brief, speedy in making 

 a point, critical. A story or two of his method bears repeating. 

 "Are you sure of your opinion?" he would ask after argument. 

 Answered, yes, he would advise: "Then publish it." Toward 

 this end, too, he helped them. How many minutes would be 

 allowed a venturer upon the floor? "Twenty," would come 

 the cold answer. When the aspirant would then submit his 

 paper for revision, Hektoen was likely not to look at it. "You 

 are certain that it will take but twenty minutes?" "Yes, Sir, 

 because I read it out loud against the clock." Whereafter he 

 would order: "Then take it back; and do it in ten." This was 

 another of his literary criticisms : "You are sure that you have 

 framed a good introduction and a good close? A decent article 

 requires both." Told that the two demands had been met, he 



