over for a house pet. We have a bamboo pole rigged up, run- S Q 

 ning out from the porch to one of the betel nut palms. Dooley 

 is attached to a sliding chain and feels quite proud of his 

 kingdom. He is a gastronomical pig though. Yesterday he 

 had two bananas and a ball of rice. He grabbed one banana 

 in each hand, the rice ball in one foot and started for the 

 other end of the pole with the sole remaining foot. Only his 

 great presence of mind saved him from inevitable catastrophe. 

 Who says there are no mistakes in nature! 



How really serious were his medical difficulties was set forth 

 in a letter to me (October 4, 1903) : 



... I have sent her several pretty presents and she has always 

 been delighted with my "exquisite taste." (I got a lady to pick 

 them for me) ... I have done little or no work for about 

 two months. I had appendicitis, then amoebic dysentery and 

 now I am having my eyes fixed. I guess I'll have to wear glasses 

 permanently. I think I am over the dysentery O K and am 

 going to take a week's trip to Hongkong. The cooler weather 

 there will put more energy into me. I had a falling out with our 

 "director." I resigned, but as they cannot do without me 

 (big-head) and did not press the matter, I dropped it and 

 have decided to stay my time out. I think I told you they 

 raised me to $2000. I am not saving much though, for it is 

 expensive living here and, of course, I have "family" expenses 

 which I must meet. ... I gather that I may get something 

 to do in the U S when I return. But then I must do some- 

 thing, as so far I have done nothing ...PS Don't forget to 

 burn this letter. 



This criticism of himself was, of course, sheer nonsense. 

 Actually, two articles were already in print and before his 

 Manila experience was to close, ten more were to come from 

 his pen — and of content. 



Turning everything to account, he used his own accident 

 as the basis of a report of Two cases of a peculiar form of hand 

 infection due to an organism resembling the Koch-Weeks 

 bacillus [7] . He had been treating some twenty victims of con- 

 junctivitis and one of osteomyelitis with septicemia when this 

 personal disaster overcame him. The other "case" was that of 

 his nurse who had pricked herself in the finger while operating 



