impression is that the laboratory is distinctly overdirected and over¬
organized. The multiplicity of details in its organization points
certainly towards a deficiency in output. It seems to be inventoried
ad infinitum, each room having its own special inventory and each shelf
being specially arranged and numbered. It seems to me it is utterly
impossible to carry out this inventory method where there is much work
to be done. As a matter of fact there appeared to be but little work
in progress. This may have been due to the fact that they were pre¬
paring for the large Congress which, of course, kept them very busy
indeed.
Hamburger himself is not doing any work at present as the Congress
occupies all of his time. He had no suggestions to make with regard
to the alcohol program for he was evidently too busy then to read the
program over at all critically.
He is especially interested in haemolysis and had just received
Richet’s Dictionary containing his article on "Isotonie". His
chemical assistants were working on blood and sodium chloride and also
sodium bromide, using a high power centrifuge and reading off the pre¬
cipitate on the graduated part of the tube. Hamburger's laws and
researches are altogether too difficult for me to understand as they
are entirely outside of my province. He is a great admirer of Donder
who was formerly his chief.
Hamburger has countless ingenious details of administration.
The reprints received go first to his office and after fourteen days
are removed and filed. His distribution of reprints is given a
given a great deal of attention. He lias printed labels for shipping
reprints to people on his mailing list, with a special book to check
up what is sent to each individual instead of the library card system