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...name of the author of any of them. It so happens that the same man wrote all three, and 112 more besides. His name was Septimus Winner, he was born no years ago last week (May 11) and some Philadelphia antiquarians took that occasion to issue a little monograph,* largely documented by Winner's diary, to bring one of the nation's notable old songsmiths back into the nation's memory...
...literary historian, Professor Vietor's published work deals chiefly with the eighteenth and nineteenth century. His books include a study of Holderlin's lyrics (1921), a "History of the German Ode" (1923), and an important monograph on "The Young Goethe...
Three weeks ago Publisher Charles C. Thomas of Springfield, Ill. issued 1,500 copies of a small monograph called The Lung by Anatomist William Snow Miller of the University of Wisconsin. Price was $7.50. The issue was sold out in a fortnight and last week zealous doctors offered as high as $50 for a copy. This rare situation in the history of medical publishing was attributable to the fact that in the history of medicine there had never before appeared so thoroughgoing a study of the human lung. Dr. Miller's 20g-page monograph-including an affectionate dedication...
...tubercle of Ghon, the spot in the lung from which certain cases of pulmonary tuberculosis develop in children. He guided a former assistant, Professor Olof Larsell of the University of Oregon, in mapping the nerves of the lungs. Despite all this, Dr. Miller humbly and urgently begins his monograph: "There remain many problems to be solved." For instance, does oxygen diffuse directly into the blood stream, or do the lungs first do something to oxygen to make it fit for the blood? How do filtrable viruses get through the respiratory system to cause diseases like measles...
Elephant Toes. When Arthur Compton was 10 he wrote a monograph on why some elephants are three-toed, others five-toed, explaining why he found his view at variance with that of other authorities. His mother concealed her amusement. When she recalled the incident with a smile many years later, her famed son replied: "Mother, if you had laughed at me then you would have killed my interest in research...