PROFESSOR FREER AND THE UNIVERSITY OF THE 

 PHILIPPINES. 



By William Everett Musgrave, 

 Chief of Clinics, Philippine General Hospital. 



History records no more complete and unselfish devotion to 

 science than is exemplified in the life of Paul Freer, 



He was essentially an investigator and teacher, combining 

 these virtues in such a manner as to make every man who became 

 closely associated with him his pupil. In personality, in the 

 character of his researches, in versatility of mind, in the util- 

 itarian aim of all his work, in his generous attitude of help 

 to all who applied for assistance and advice, and in many other 

 points Professor Freer very closely resembled the illustrious 

 Pasteur. 



Pasteur was the father of bacteriology and lived to guide 

 this great science from uncertainty to the road to success. Paul 

 Freer was the father of modern science in the Philippine Islands 

 and he lived to see and guide the developments of his creation 

 to success. 



Starting with nothing but a fertile soil and a legislature whose 

 friendly interest was secured and maintained by the untiring 

 activities of the Honorable Dean C. Worcester, he built up a 

 great research institution that to-day is classed with the best 

 in other countries. 



During the early years of our residence in this country, he 

 watched the development of elementary education with much in- 

 terest, and his counsel during these years was a potent influence 

 upon the policy of the Government in educational development. 



Educational progress was so satisfactory that in 1905, at its 

 annual meeting, the Philippine Islands Medical Association rec- 



