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notes are incomplete on the last rabbits and guinea-pigs. You 

 will know whether the animals lived and were turned back 

 into the breeding stock or not. The first of our series are the 

 most satisfactory for I have a daily history of these with the 

 urinalyses. 



This reference was to experiments on susceptibility to infec- 

 tion, never published. A virulent strain of pneumococcus had 

 been injected into a lot of healthy laboratory animals as 

 opposed to an equal number previously exposed to cold, starva- 

 tion or a "one-sided diet" (oats and water) . Most of the latter 

 died, almost all the former lived. Wherry continued: 



I came on to the Hygienic Laboratory July 7th at the request 

 of McCoy. I am "doing my bit" for 250.00 a month! I was 

 to have done about six pieces of work but so far have spent 

 all my time helping on the problem of the standardization of 

 anti-meningococcus serum. This is some job as, so far, I 

 haven't found any "immune bodies" in it apart from aggluti- 

 nins. However Dr Wayson & I are now starting some protec- 

 tion tests which may yield a basis for work. The routine of the 

 laboratory in the control of biologic "therapeutic" products is 

 large and, on the whole, very well done. But of course they 

 are up against a big problem in attempting to "standardize" 

 such materials. 



One of the men in the lab was ordered away and I rented 

 his home north of Washington. Marie and the kids came on 

 the middle of July & Nellie the first of August. We enjoy the 

 place. I have seen most of the things of interest excepting a 

 Senator & a Representative. — I will be back Oct 1st. 



AND he was — much to the comfort of his medical school 

 dean, Holmes. Teaching had long since palled upon the 

 half of his faculty, and, away now in barracks, continuation 

 of medical education and the production of new doctors were 

 problems. By Christmas Wherry found himself one of the only 

 three full professors left. With nothing but student assistants 

 as helpers, he assumed responsibility for all bacteriology, 

 pathology, laboratory diagnosis and preventive medicine! And 

 met it! 



