in slimy ooze in search of crabs. The new position has many S S 

 advantages. 



TO these accounts of his more private doings, Hektoen, in 

 Chicago, added reference to a more public one. June 22, 

 1903, he informed Wherry that his "paper concerning the 

 diplococcus from the skin was presented in abstract at the last 

 meeting of the Pathological society." Reporting of the men 

 left in Rush he added: "Dr Ricketts is busily engaged . . . 

 Dr Rosenow has succeeded in cultivating the pneumococcus 

 from the blood in nearly all of a very large number of cases. 

 . . . Yours very sincerely." 



Then there followed a P S, written in by hand as mute evi- 

 dence of what the other men of Hektoen's laboratory had 

 always felt — that here, after all, was the favorite son! 



We shall always be glad to present your work to the Path Soc 

 if you choose to send it on. — Dr Jordan and I are to edit a 

 new journal, the Journ of Infectious Diseases, which begins 

 next January. It is an endowed journal and I hope you will 

 favor it with Philip material. — Dear Wherry — we often speak 

 of you and you know you have the best wishes of a large circle 

 of friends here. Ever yours. 



The abstract referred to, was published shortly as an 

 article [ 5 ] in the United States. It described an inflammation 

 of the skin in a Chinaman which Wherry had found due to a 

 new brand of diplococcus. He followed this quickly with 

 another paper [6], on the effectiveness of a chemical method 

 of sterilizing drinking water. Acetozone proved not to be very 

 good. As these things were under way he wrote me: 



. . . The opportunities are good here, will be better, and the 

 salary will probably be higher than I can hope for at home. 

 But, then, it's no place for an unmarried man. ... By the 

 way, I am going to enclose a P O money order in this letter 

 for $80.00. Will you please pay off the $75.00 I borrowed. 

 The interest, $2.2 5, was due June 10th, 1903, so I send it and 

 also the next. Did you receive the $53.00 I sent on May 21st? 

 This squares me with the world. . . . Have you started any 

 research in the Pacific Ocean? . . . 



