Evening Star Newspaper, April 21, 1933, Page 14

"A—14 % ART OF DA VINC LAUDED IN LECTURE Stimulated Medical Science, Declares Dr. Sigerist of Johns Hopkins. How medical research was stimulated during the Renaissance by Leonardo da Vinci's masterful studies of the human body was described to a ca- pacity audience in the Cosmos Club last night by Dr. Henry E. Sigerist, director of the Institute of the History of Medi- cine, Johns Hopkins University. The great Italian artist and scientist portrayed the human face and body so clearly that the esthetic value of his pictures was almost equaled by their usefulness to students of anatomy of that day, Dr. Sigerist said. The speaker, addressing the 254th meeting of the Washington Academy of Sciences, in joint session with the Med- ical Society of the District, traced the influence of medicine of the Renais- sance on that of the modern times. Contributions to Medicine. Before taking his present post at Johns Hopkins University in 1931. Dr. Sigerist was director of the Institute of the History of Medicine at the Uni- versity of Leipzig. His specialty has been in the medical history of Greece and Rome, although he has made im- portant contributions to the history of modern medicine. Dr. Sigerist illustrated his talk with reproductions of Da Vinci’s pictures and other studies of that time. The speaker told how the science of medi- cine in later-day Europe began to de- velop after accurate studies had been made of human anatomy and structure during the Renaissance. Many “Crude Mistakes.” Prior to the Renaissance, Dr. Sigerist said. illustrations of the human body contained many crude mistakes, and medical treatment was likewise founded to a large extent on misinformation. He ointed to Leonardo da Vinci’s works, owever, as still useful not only because of their great beauty, but because of their faithful delineation of the human form. Approximately 200 members and friends of the scientific groups turned out to hear Dr. Sigerist's lecture. DENTIST IN AFRICA TURNS CONTRACTOR Chicago Man Gives Up Profession After Two Years in Bel- gian Kongo. By the Associated Press LOS ANGELES, April 21.—Two years of dental practice in the Belgian Kongo, in which he competed with witch doc- tors who gouge out the teeth of natives with nails, has convinced Dr. F. C. Scherman, Northwestern University graduate and resident of Oak Park, IIL, that he should go into the contracting business in California. Dr, Scherman, his wife, who is & graduate nurse, and their two children, returned here yesterday on the Taiyo Maru. Scherman has completed his service with the African Inland Mission. “The wild elephants, the other beasts and the tribal blacks are mild com- pared to the fleas, deep-boring chiggers and the actinic rays of the Belgian Kgngo,” Scherman said. The Schermans built their home of sun-dried bricks and grass. “Knocked out front teeth are a sign of beauty in that land.” said Dr. Scher- man. “I was fortunate in being spared the ordeal of working on the ‘duck bill’ women.” Through Scherman’s efforts a hospi- tal was erected for his settlement and many Christian converts were made of the natives. Among those to embrace the faith were several pygmies. MOVIE STUNT MAN SHOT FATALLY BEFORE CAMERA Jury to Probe Death From Wound Inflicted Through Two “Bullet- Proof” Jackets. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, April 21.—A coro- ner’s jury has been summoned to hear the story today of how Hurd MoClellan, 48-year-old “stunt man,” was fatally shot while motion picture cameras reg- istered the scene in a Hollywood studio last Monday. McClellan died yesterday from a bul- let which, fired by Mrs. Marion Sem- melmeyer, expert pistol shot, penetrated two “bullet-proof” jackets and entered his abdomen. Mrs. Semmelmeyer said she fired 48 shots into the jackets on McClellan for a film scene without suspecting that they had weakened. YOU HAVE ALWAYS WANTED GENERAL ELECTRIC REFRIGERATION Prices Now Start at 399.50 F. 0. B. Factory MITCHELL MOTOR CO, La Plata, Md. One of Many Authorized Dealers GENERAL @ ELECTRIC ALL-STEEL REFRIGERATOR Distributed by NATIONAL ELECTRICAL SUPPLY CO. E. C. GRAHAM, President 1328-30 N. Y. Ave. N. “A Weshington-Owned Firm Working for /@ Best Interests of Washington” CORONER PROBES DEATH OF MRS. EMMA KENNEDY Official Expresses Opinion Woman Died of Natural Causes De- spite Leaking Ga: An autopsy was to be held at the District Morgue today to determine the cause of the death of Mrs. Emma I Kennedy, 63, who last night was found dead seated in a chair in her apart- ment in the 700 block of Eleventh street. Acting Coroner A. Magruder Mc-~ Donald said he believed Mrs. Kennedy had died from natural causes, prob- ably heart disease When Mrs. Ken- nedy's body was found her apartment was filled with gas escaping from a faulty connection on the kitchen stove, it was said. Dr. McDonald, however, expressed the belief there was not a sufficient amount of gas to have caused her death, and that she had died of natural causes and the apartment had slowly filled with gas afterward. Mrs Kennedy is survived by two sons, Thomas Kennedy of 1205 Fif- teenth street and Frank Kennedy of Seattle, Wash ; — MAJ. JARVIS DEAD NEW YORK, April 21 (#).—Maj. Nathan Sturgis Jarvis, United States States Army Corps, retired, died yes- terday at his Plaza Hotel apartment. He was 72 years old and served through the Spanish-American and World ‘Wars. Maj. Jarvis was born in Baltimore, the son of Capt. Nathan Sturgis Jarvis, a medical officer who, during the Mexi- can War, served as a messenger be- tween Gen. Scott and President Polk. IS e The inventor of the Maxim silencer has written a book titled “Life’s Place in the Cosmos.” THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. (5% D. C. RIGHTS PLAN 1S GIVEN APPROVAL {Business Men’s Federation Indorses Proposal to Amend Conistitution. The proposal to amend the Consti- tution to give residents of the District the ordinary privileges of citizenship— representation in Congress, the right to vote for President and Vice President of the United States, and the right to sue and be sued in the Federal courts— was unanimously given the “hearty ap- proval” of the Federation of Business Men’s Association last night. This indorsement was given in & resolution adopted at the regular meet- ing of the organization, held in the Anne Clarendon Club, 1640 Rhode Island avenue. The session was in the form of a dinner meeting, presided over by Arthur C. Smith, president, with Milton R. Vollmer acting as sec- retary. Jesse Suter Speaks. ‘The federation adopted the resolution | after hearing an address by Jesse C. Suter, vice chairman of the Citizens’ Joint Committee on National Repre- sentation. Mr. Suter told the members present that the proposal, embodied in Senate | Joint Resolution No. 9, first session of the last Congress, is to give District residents voting representation in both the Senate and the House, and also “certain rights in the Federal courts, now denied them.” This proposal, he | explained, “makes no change in the‘ control of the District by Congress and does not involve any change in the form of local government.” Upon eom&leucn of his talk Mr. Suter presented those in attendance with copies of the Joint Committee's in- auguration souvenir booklet, containing & Teprint of an article entitled “The Day November 8, 1932, by Theodore W. Noyes, editor of The Star, and a collection of Berryman cartoons. Support Pledged. ‘The. resolutions, adopted after Mr. Regarding the. propesal, Bdesd sape ar - sup- port to the Joint Cmnnnueg “in its ump- tinuous efforts to obtain much- needed legislation.” Coples of . the resolution were forwarded to the Senate and House District Committees, the Senate and House Judiciary Commit- tees, and the Joint Committee. Brig. Gen. Pelham D. Glassford, for- mer superintendent of police, and Romaine Callender of the National Players, also spoke, the former explain- ing his unemployment camp plans and the latter relating some of his experi- ences as an actor. HEIDELBERG STUDENTS STAGE PUBLIC DUEL University and City Officials At- tend Mensur for First Time in 550 Years. By the Associated Press. s HEIDELBERG, Germany, April 21.— For the first time in the 550-year his- tory of Heidelberg University, the pres- | ident of the institution, leading profes- | sors, the chief of police of Heidelberg | and the state’s attorney attended a stu- dent duel yesterday. The student duel (mensur) has been restored to favor by the Nationalist gov- | ernment after it had been forbidden | for eight years under the republic. The mensur took place on Germany's oldest fencing floor in the Hlmhcuse.‘ The duel was followed by a festkom- mers, or beer party. GEORGE F. WELLS CLAIMED BY DEATH* Prominent Lawyer, Who Died of Pneumonia, Will Be Buried Tomorrow. Funeral services for George Fitch Wells, 61, prominent lawyer connected with the faculties of National University Law School and Washington College of Law, who died of pneumonia yesterday at his home, 2700 Connecticut avenue, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 in the S. H. Hines funeral parlors, 2901 Fourteenth street. Interment will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. Mr. Wells, an attorney for the United States Board of Tax Appeals, gained Nation-wide recognition both as a prac- tioing lawyer and educator. He had been ill only a week. Born in Iows, He was born at Garner, Towa, May 23, 1872, the son of Willlam Crawford and Elizabeth Beckwith (Fitch) Wells. He married first Miss Evangeline Grace Gillette of Toledo, Ohio, and secondly Mrs. Margaret Avis Thompson, daughter of Braxton D. and Harriet Avis of Vir- ginia, who survives him. He was a student first at Oberlin College and then at the University of Wisconsin, Uni- versity of Chicago, Michigan and St. John’s University, ‘Toledo. Mr. Wells practiced at Toledo from 1895 to 1912 and was active in found- | ing the night law school at St. John's | College in 1908. He lectured on medi- cal jurisprudence at Toledo Medica | | College during the time he practiced Acids Cause Tooth Decay FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1933. in the city. Later he became professor of law at West Virginia University and dean of the School of Law at the Uni- versity of North Dakota. He obtained & leave of absence to become director ot procedure for the War Labor Board, ‘ashington, 1918 to 1919. Shipping Board Counsel. For a number of years he was as- sistant admiralty counsel for the United States Shipping Board. He also was an active worker of the Four-Minute- Men and in the Liberty loan and Red Cross drives during the World War. Mr. Wells was a member of the American and North Dakota State Bar Associations, the Phi Alpha Delta fra- ternity, the Commercial Club, Fort- nightly Club of Grand Forks, N. Dak. and the Pres| Church. In addition he was a writer of note on legal subjects, an editor of the an- notated United States Statutes, pub- lished in 1916. In addition to his wife, Mrs. Margaret. Avis Wells, Mr. Wells is survived by one son of his first marriage, William G. Wells, of Baltimore. Vermonters to Give Show. ‘The Vermont State Association of the trict of Columbia will present a show, ystery Marble,” at the Washington Club, 1010 Seventeenth street, this eve- | ning at 8:15 o'clock. Mouth acids attack teeth and cause decay. 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