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Title: Catholic Churchmen in Science

Author: James J. Walsh

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CATHOLIC CHURCHMEN IN SCIENCE

[FIRST SERIES]

SKETCHES OF THE LIVES OF CATHOLIC
ECCLESIASTICS WHO WERE AMONG
THE GREAT FOUNDERS IN SCIENCE

By

JAMES J. WALSH, K.ST.G., M.D., PH.D., LITT.D.

_Dean and Professor of Medicine and of Nervous Diseases
at Fordham University School of Medicine; Professor
of Physiological Psychology in the Cathedral College, New York;
Member of A.M.A., N.Y. State Med. Soc.,
A.A.A.S., Life Mem of N.Y. Historical Society._

SECOND EDITION

PHILADELPHIA

American Ecclesiastical Review

The Dolphin Press

MCMX.

COPYRIGHT. 1906, 1910

American Ecclesiastical Review

The Dolphin Press

"A sorrow's crown of sorrow."

THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED TO THE
MEMORY OF MY MOTHER

{vii}

PREFACE.

The following sketches of the lives of clergymen who were great
scientists have appeared at various times during the past five years
in Catholic magazines. They were written because the materials for
them had gradually accumulated during the preparation of various
courses of lectures, and it seemed advisable to put them in order in
such a way that they might be helpful to others working along similar
lines. They all range themselves naturally around the