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- 
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