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Show Seven -Year -Old Boy Who is Studying Bacteria Chicago, Feb. 23. Taking his place in the same ranlc with learned scientists. scien-tists. Fonton B Turck, Jr., tho 7-yearold 7-yearold son of Dr. Fonton B. Turck of the post-graduate medical school of Chicago, last niRht exhlbitod bacteria bac-teria mounted by him on slides and adjusted by him under compound microscopes at the "Microscopical soiree" given at the Chicago Academy Acad-emy of Science. According to scientists here. Master Mas-ter Turck has an excellent claim to be classed with the mathematical prodigy, the son of Professor Sldia of Harvard. "practically all of his work has been research work and a considerable consider-able portion of It has been original," said Dr. Turck. "I don't think he Is a prodigy, but ho has displayed a genius for research for two years." |