The Case of the Beautiful Beggar [antikvár]

Foreword For many years I cherished a desu-e to meet and talk with Dr. T. Furuhata of Tokyo, Japan. Almost from the beginning of my interest in legal medicine, I have heard of Dr. Furuhata, the discoveries he has made, the painstaking work he has done in the field of serology, in the field of legal medicine and police science. When I wrote Dr. Furuhata about arranging an appointment in Tokyo, not only did he reply in the affirmative, but his treatment on our arrival was indicative of the innate courtesy and consideration of his race. In the course of our correspondence, Dr. Furuhata suggested we come to his office in the National Research Institute of Police Science. We set the time when we would be there and tried to be punctual, but because of a heavy schedule of appointments and congested traffic, we were a few minutes late. Despite the fact that it was a cold, windy day in Tokyo, we found two of Dr. Furuhata's assistants standing bareheaded by the sidewalk waiting for us to drive up. They had probably been there for at least a quarter of an hour. They made ceremonial bows from the waist after the fashion of the Japanese, then shook hands with us after the fashion of Westerners; then we were ushered in to see Dr. Furuhata. I knew enough about the statistical information concerning this man to know that he was past seventy. I knew something of the prodigious amount of work he had done in his l&etime, and the energy he had expended overcoming prejudices, pioneering new fields, promoting research, encouraging new discoveries. I therefore expected to see a man who was at least trying to