562 RUDOLPH ALBERT VON KOLLIKER, M. D. 



Icones Histologicte and 5 papers on unclassified subjects. Tins 

 gives a measure of the variety of his work, l)ut not of its importance. 

 He continued to produce good scientific work until a very short time 

 before his death. 



When the writer first made the acquaintance of Kolliker his hair 

 was already wdiite — not so much with age, for it appears that his 

 hair changed its color rapidly. This gave to his suave and noble 

 face a pleasant and reverend appearance, which, coupled with a 

 charming manner, made Kolliker an attractive personality, while 

 his great knowledge, keen interest in all that was new, and his vast 

 experience made him a veritable Gamaliel at whose feet it was a 

 pleasure to sit and easy to gain inspiration t.nd profit. 



Dr. J. Dulberg (Manchester) writes: 



When I was at Wiirzburg some sixteen years ago or so, Kolliker was still, in 

 spite of his advanced age, one ot the most indefatigable workers in the medical 

 school, and it was a real pleasure to listen to him when either lecturing or dem- 

 ftnstrating. It was touching to see the solicitude with which he used to arrange 

 his microscopical specimens with his own hand and the pride he took in them. 

 On one occasion, particularly, I remember he kept me for over a quarter of an 

 hour discussing the merits of a section of the spinal cord which he told me was 

 the finest he had ever seen. He examined me in anatomy for the " doctor 

 examen," but instead of asking me questions he spent nearly the whole of the 

 time allotted to me in giving nie a miniature lecture on some anatomical detail. 

 E\en in his ordinary conversation he would not forget that he was an anatomist. 

 AAHien I went to say good-by to him before leaving Wiirzburg he presented me 

 with his photograph, which stands before me as I write, and in doing so pointed 

 out to me that the photograi)her had exaggerated the activity of his corrugator 

 supercillii. As a teacher KJHliker was kind, patient, and helpful, far more than 

 the generality of (4erman ])rofessors, and to foreigners he was particularly 

 attentive. What an army of doctors all over the world there must l)e to mourn 

 the loss of one who has been a teacher for well-nigh three generations I 



