China 379,982 India 9,704 Japan 277,162 Turkey in Asia 205,317 Other Asia 38,858 ---------- ASIA COMPLETE TOTAL 911,023 Canada and Newfoundland 2,957,422 Mexico 768,453 Central America 46,919 West Indies 438,633 South America 117,649 Other America 40 ---------- AMERICA TOTAL 4,329,116 AFRICA 25,311 AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND 53,739 PACIFIC ISLANDS 10,610 NOT SPECIFIED 254,066 ---------- TOTAL FROM ALL COUNTRIES 38,018,550 _From 1931 to 1938, departures have exceeded admissions by 203,694._ Our Gifts to Science and to Agriculture The brawn, brain, and inventive genius of the immigrants and their descendants have made the United States a world leader in science and industry. In reading about this pageant of achievement, which is unique in human history, you will also learn something about the =diverse racial origins= of those who laid the gifts on the “altar of America.” Here they are—IMMIGRANTS! SONS OF IMMIGRANTS! AND SONS OF SONS OF IMMIGRANTS!—men and women who have thrilled the worlds of science and industry, the arts and crafts, and social progress and government. The _italics_ indicate the racial origin of each individual or a major racial group from which he is descended, although it should be kept in mind that a person’s ancestors frequently include many racial strains. The achievements listed are suggestive rather than exhaustive. _Medicine_ [Illustration] Use of cocaine as local anaesthetic first introduced by Carl Koller, _German Jew_ ... ether first demonstrated to the world in surgical operation by William Morton, _Scot_ ... first successful operation on human heart performed by Daniel H. Williams, _Negro_. Schick Diphtheria Test devised by Dr. Bela Schick, _Hungarian Jew_ ... pioneer work in antiseptics by Henry Banga, _Swiss_, and many lives saved during World War through contributions to aseptic surgery of Alexis Carrel, _French_ ... preventive compound for cholera and typhoid fever discovered by F. G. Novy, _Slovak_ ... apparatus for electric blood transfusion perfected by D. J. Calicchio, _Italian_. Charles and William Mayo, _Irish_, have made surgery almost as reliable a science as bookkeeping ... Charles McBurney, _Scotch-Irish_, discovered McBurney’s Point as a sign for the necessity of operating for appendicitis.