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21 tells me [[red underline]] Brazil [[/red underline]] joined the Allies because [[red underline]] she was on the verge of war with Argentina and that there was every reason to believe she would have lost and by casting her lot with the Allies averted the disaster. [[2 red !! in left margin]] That Argentine would have joined the Allies but for some [[/red underline]] gross blundering in Washington where advice given here was not followed in time. I got finally [[strikethrough]] room [[/strikethrough]] ^[[cabin]] [[red underline]] 63 assigned [[/red underline]] to me on the [[red underline]] ^[[SS.]] Callao [[/red underline]] April 23. Dr. Crowell took me to the [[red underline]] Oswaldo Cruz institute a research laboratory of medicine [[/red underline]] etc. A long drive by automobile. [[red underline]] Dr. Chagas [[/red underline]] the director of the Institute who seems to have become a very busy man since he accepted the post of Chief of the Board of Hygiene [[red underline]] came to greet me in Rio. [[/red underline]] [[vertical annotation in red in left margin]] Rio [[/left margin]] [[end page]] [[start page]] 25 [[vertical notation in red in left margin]] Oswaldo Cruz Institute [[/left margin]] As usually he was late in keeping his appointment. The [[red underline]] institute [[/red underline]] is a large building in very ornamental [[red underline]] Moorish style, [[/red underline]] overtrimmed with decorative details and its [[red underline]] style seems out of place with the objective purposes of a temple of Science. Looks more like an opulent gambling palace, reminds me of Monte Carlo [[/red underline]] more than a modern scientific institute. [[red underline]] Oriental splendor [[/red underline]] seems rather incongruous here. But the inside of the building is just as elaborate The [[red underline]] laboratories [[/red underline]] are however white and clean, well lighted and ventilated. all wainscoted with white enamel tiles even the hallway leading to the carpenter shop is lined with [[red underline]] white enamel tiles, [[/red underline]] while the