74 The Presidents of the Lincolnshive Naturalists’ Union. 
with the assistance of some influential medical friends, he has 
established a successful Medical Home overlooking Spithead, 
for the special treatment of Paralysis and nervous disorders. 
In Lincoln, Dr. Lowe took a great interest in natural 
science, and did much in the way of lectures and classes to make 
the subjects popular; he was an early member of the Lincoln- 
shire Naturalists’ Union, and for several years acted as Curator 
of their Museum in Lincoln Castle. As President, he 
communicated a paper on ‘The Colours of Leaves and 
Flowers,” the result of much labour and experiment in his own 
laboratory, and large glass houses on the Castle Hill. Dr. Lowe 
was also President of the Lincolnshire Science Society, and at a 
Conversazione in the Lincoln Assembly Rooms, to which 
members of both Societies were invited, he demonstrated the 
action of the Réntgen Rays, the Marconi Wireless Telegraphy, 
and Colour Photography, then novelties in the City. During 
the rejoicings in celebration of the recovery of the Prince of 
Wales (now King Edward VII.) from typhoid fever, Dr. Lowe 
gave the first display of electric light in Lincoln, in the form of a 
model Arc Lamp, actuated by forty large Daniel cells (Dynamos 
being unknown in those days) the beam of light extending from 
the roof of the Guildhall to St. Mark’s. He also published 
papers on “‘ The effect of damp houses on health,’’ ‘‘ The action 
of sun and air in the purification of surface waters,’ ‘‘ The 
treatment of disease by modern electrical methods,” and many 
other professional papers. Dr. Lowe was the first Hon. Sec. of 
the Lincoln Chrysanthemum Society, and with Mr. R. J. Ward, 
initiated the Lincolnshire Gardeners’ Association which has now 
become such a useful institution. Dr. Lowe has always been 
a keen Volunteer, he holds the V.D. medal, and was, until 
November 1909, connected with the ‘‘ Lincolns’”’ as Surgeon 
Lieut.-Colonel. 
