cupied in the palmy Arabian days of Cordova and Bagdad. In
Germany particularly, the last half of the century witnessed a
remarkable outburst of scientific activity. Traube, who may well be
called the father of experimental pathology; Henle, the distinguished
anatomist and pathologist; Valentin, the physiologist; Lebert, Remak,
Romberg, Ebstein, Henoch, have been among the clinical physicians of
the very first rank. Cohnheim was the most brilliant pathologist of
his day; to Weigert pathological histology owes an enormous debt, and,
to crown all, the man whose ideas have revolutionized modern
pathology, Paul Ehrlich, is a Jew. In America Hebrew members of our
profession for many years occupied a very prominent position. The
father of the profession to-day, a man universally beloved, is Abraham
Jacobi, full of years and honors; and the two most brilliant
representatives in physiology and pathology, Simon Flexner and Jacques
Loeb, carry out the splendid traditions of Traube and Henle.

I have always had a warm affection for my Jewish students, and the
friendships I have made with them have been among the special
pleasures of my life. Their success has always been a great
gratification, as it has been the just reward of earnestness and
tenacity of purpose and devotion to high ideals in science; and, I may
add, a dedication of themselves as practitioners to everything that
could promote the welfare of their patients. In the medical profession
the Jews had a long and honorable record, and among no people is all
that is best in our science and art more warmly appreciated; none in
the community take more to heart the admonition of the son of Sirach,
"Give place to the physician, let him not go from thee, for thou hast
need of him."

[Illustration: Signature: Wm Osler]

FOOTNOTE:

[Footnote A: I am told by authorities that the attribution of this
prayer to Maimonides is doubtful. Where is the original?]

The War from a Jewish Standpoint

BY RICHARD GOTTHEIL

[Illustration: _RICHARD GOTTHEIL (born in Manchester, England, in
1862; came to New York in 1873), educated at Columbia and at German
Universities; since 1887 Professor of Semitic Languages and Rabbinical
Literature at Columbia. Apart from his scholarly labors, Professor
Gottheil has devoted himself body and soul to many Jewish causes,
notably Zionism, in which he has been a leader in America from the
beginning. He was among the first to extend an encouragin