37o  The  H.  K.  Mulford  Company.      { Am\l™T\gi?rm- 
problems  of  purely  scientific  interest.  As  examples  of  these  we  are 
justified  in  mentioning  the  making  of  auto  vaccines,  from  strains  of 
bacteria  furnished  by  the  medical  and  veterinary  professions,  the 
manufacture  of  rare  sugars  used  in  bacteriological  work,  research 
work  in  chemistry  and  pharmacy,  that  almost  never  yields  com- 
mercial results,  although  helpful  to  the  science  of  medicine,  the  main- 
tenance of  a  library,  whose  shelves  are  crowded  with  the  best 
results  of  medical  thought ;  and  the  training  of  its  employees,  by  a 
source  of  lectures  and  demonstrations  on  scientific  subjects,  and 
in  languages  that  may  be  useful  to  them  in  making  a  career. 
The  scientific  staff  is  large,  we  believe  we  may  say  of  national 
reputation,  most  of  them  are  engaged  in  teaching  departments  of 
medicine  in  schools  of  the  highest  grade,  they  are  voluminous  and 
constant  contributors  to  medical  and  scientific  literature  and  they 
are  absolutely  untrammeled.  Freedom  of  speech  and  thought  is 
encouraged,  and  every  facility  is  afforded  them  for  research  work 
of  the  most  varied  and  advanced  types. 
As  the  business  of  the  H.  K.  Mulford  Company  has  grown  it 
has  been  necessary  to  establish  branch  houses  in  convenient  centers 
where  full  stocks  of  the  Mulford  products  may  be  obtained,  with  a 
minimum  of  friction  and  delay,  and  the  physician  or  veterinarian, 
whether  in  New  York,  Seattle,  San  Francisco,  Mexico,  London, 
Japan,  Adelaide,  or  Buenos  Aires,  has  equally  ready  access  to  the 
products  of  the  house. 
What  of  the  future?  What  will  be  the  extent?  What  will  be 
the  status  of  The  H.  K.  Mulford  Company  when  in  1941  it  cele- 
brates the  fiftieth  anniversary  of  the  foundation  of  the  house? 
We  cannot  tell.  This  much  however  seems  assured :  the  same 
policies  will  prevail,  the  firm  will  still  clearly  recognize  that  it  is 
engaged  in  a  useful,  educational  propaganda,  doing  whatever  is 
possible  for  the  advancement  of  medical  knowledge  and  the  en- 
couragement of  medical  research,  and  so,  on  this  our  twenty-fifth 
birthday,  with  every  assurance  and  every  hope  for  continued 
progress  of  that  great  factor  in  medical,  pharmaceutical,  chemical 
and  bacteriological'science  we  leave  you  with  best  wishes. 
