October 23, 1903.] 



SCIENCE. 



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lowing as ' my undorstarnling as to recogni- 

 tion ' : 



The coinmission i:< indebted to Mr. J. C. Smith, 

 of New Orleans, La., for his valuable services in 

 working out the sexual life-history of the parasite 

 in the body of the mosquito. 



This to be in the text treating on the parasite. 



On the same date as above Dr. Wertenbaker 

 jiresented a somewliat similar telegram from 

 Surgeon-General Wynian to Dr. O. L. Pothier, 

 whose reply was as follows : 



Xew Orleans, June 10, 1903. 

 Dr. Wertexb.\ker, 



Surgeon P. H. & M. H. Service, 

 New Orle.\ns, L.\. 



Dear Sir: In compliance with the request made 

 through you by Surgeon-Oneral Wyman, I wish 

 to make the following statement : 



First. When I signed the report it contained 

 what I believed to be full recognition of the work 

 done by Mr. J. C. Smith. 



Second. The paragraph embodying this read 

 as follows: In the proper study and classifieation 

 of this new parasite the working party desires to 

 express its thanks to Jlr. J. C. Smith for valuable 

 aid and suggestion in working out the life-history 

 of the organism. After the words 'J. C. Smith,' 

 it was agreed that the words ' for the demonstra- 

 tion and ' should be embodied, but I find that 

 these words have been left out in my copy of the 

 report. 



Third. I positively refused to sign the report 

 unless recognition was given Mr. J. C. Smith. 



As to other relevant data. I may .say that Mr. 

 J. C. Smith was present at all the meetings of the 

 commission here in New Orleans, c.\cept the meet- 

 ing preceding the signature of the report. At 

 this meeting the discussion of the report came up 

 and it was that night that I refused to sign the 

 report unless Mr. Smith was given recognition, 

 and it was tlie only consideration which induced 

 me to sign the report. 



We had seen, while still in Vera Cruz, two 

 phases of the organism described in the report, 

 one phase proved to be what is described further 

 as the wandering spores of the parasites and the 

 other bodies in the salivary glands, but it was 

 not until Mr. J. C. Smith liad been called by 

 Professor Bej'er, without authorization of any of 

 the working party, so far as I know, that the 

 whole life cycle of the organism was demonstrated. 

 And at the meetings of the commission here in 

 New Orleans, Mr. Smith fully demonstrated the 

 life cycle of the parasite. 



I am fully convinced that had he not done so at 

 the time, that the parasite would not have been 

 demonstrated by the commission, as none of ns 

 could at that time find the different phases of the 

 cycle without the help of Mr. Smith. 



It was on this account that 1 refused to sign 

 the report as no mention of Mr. Smith was made, 

 and as I said above it was conditional on the 

 embodiment of this recognition that I consented 

 to sign the report. This paragraph should read 

 as the original was intended as follows: 



" In the proper sHidy and classification of 

 this new parasite the working party desires to 

 express its thanks to Mr. J. C. Smith for the 

 demonstration, and for valuable aid and .sugges- 

 tions in working out the life-history of the or- 

 ganism." 



Further, I would state that it was agreed that 

 tlie galley sheets were to be sent to each one of 

 the party for correction and approval. Tliis lat- 

 ter agreement was not carried out, and I have not 

 seen proofs of the report up to this date. 



In closing, I wish to state that two or three 

 days before the receipt of the telegram conven- 

 ing the commission here in New Orleans, Mr. 

 Smith sent me a full diagram of the life-cycle of 

 the organism in question. 



I think I have given all the information that 

 1 jiossess on this subject and hope that it may 

 ])rove satisfactory. 



Yours truly, 

 (Signed) 0. L. Pothier, M.D. 



The report of the working party is dated 

 New Orleans, February 17, 1903, but was not 

 issued until about the fifteenth of July, at 

 which time a copy came to my hands. Not 

 being satisfied with the recognition in the re- 

 port, nor with its position, I addressed a pro- 

 test to Surgeon-General Wyman as follows: 

 New Orle.\n.s, August 17, 1903. 

 Cenekal Walter Wyman, 



WASniNOTON, D. C. 



My Dear Sir: I regret very much the necessity 

 of entering my protest against the style and posi- 

 tion of the recognition of my services which the 

 Working Party No. 1 of your Yellow Fever In- 

 stitute has accorded me. My request, as I had 

 given it to you upon your solicitation, was for 

 ' valuable se^^^ces in working out the sexual 

 life-history of the parasite in the bodj* of the 

 mosquito ' — ' this to be in the text treating on the 

 parasite.' 



In the report of the working party, recently 

 issued, I find I am thanked for ' valuable aid and 



