Rhees
BENJAMIN RUSH, an American educator; born in Chicago, Ill., Feb. 8, 1860; was graduated at Amherst College in 1883, and at the Hartford Theological Seminary. In 1889 he accepted a pastorate at Portsmouth, N. H., where he remained till 1892 when he went to the Newton Theological Institution, Newton Center, Mass., and in 1894 r of Biblical Interpretabecame Professor sor tion of the New Testament. There he became a member of the Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis; and was author of "The Life of Jesus of Nazareth, a Study"; "History of Theology"; etc. He was elected president of the University of Rochester, Rochester, N. Y., and Burbank professor of Biblical Literature, July 1, 1900.
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Rhesus
a genus of monkeys, separated by Lesson from Macacus. Also Macacus rhesus, the Rhesus monkey, from India, in some parts of which it is considered sacred. Length, from 18 inches to 2 feet; tail from 6 to 8 inches. Prevailing color olive-green, brown on back, face pale flesh-color, callosities and insides of legs often very red.
a king of Thrace, whose horses were carried off and himself killed by Ulysses and Diomede, in the night on which he came to assist Priam, before they could drink of the water of the Xanthus, as the oracle had declared that otherwise Troy could not be taken.
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Rhine Wines
the general designation of the wines produced in the region watered by the Rhine, and specifically for those of the Rheingau , the white wines of which are the finest in the world. The red wines are not so much esteemed, being considered inferior to those of Bordeaux. Good wines are also produced in the valleys of the Neckar, Moselle, and other tributaries of the Rhine. The vineyards are mainly between Mannheim and Bonn , and the most valuable brands of wines are those of Johannisberg, Steinberg, Hochheim, Rüdesheim, Rauenthal , Markobrunn, and Assmannshausen, the last being a red wine . In an
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Rhinelander
PHILIP MERCER, an American Protestant Episcopal bishop, born at Newport, R. I., in 1869. He was educated at Harvard and Oxford universities and became a deacon of the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1896 , and a priest in 1897. After some years of active parish work in Washington, D. C., he became professor of ecclesiastical history, homiletics, and Christian evidences at Berkeley Divinity School, Middletown, Conn., in 1903, and professor of history of religion and missions at the Episcopal Theological School, Cambridge, Mass., in 1907. In 1911, he was consecrated coadjutor bishop of Pennsylvania, becoming bishop of the same diocese in November PHILIP MERCER RHINELANDER of that year. He received honorary de grees from the Episcopal Theological School of Cambridge, Mass., Philadelphia Divinity School, Columbia University, and the University of Pennsylvania .
a city of Wisconsin, the county-seat of Oneida co. It is on the Wisconsin river, and on the Chicago and Northwestern and the Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Ste . Marie railroads.' The city is the center of an important lumbering region and its industries include saw mills, paper mills, iron works, etc. Pop. (1910) 5,637; (1920 ) 6,654.
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Rhinitis
nasal catarrh. acute form it is commonly known as a "cold in the head," and it is caused by bacilli attacking the mucous membrane of the nose when the resistance is lowered by cold or by mechanical irritants. Some chronic cases are caused by reflex irritation, resulting from over-stimulated sexual organs. Rhinitis is also a symptom of measles and occasionally accompanies other infectious diseases such as diphtheria or scarlet fever.
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Rhinoplastic Operations
When a portion or the whole of the nose has been destroyed by accident or disease, the deficiency may be restored by a transplantation of skin from an adjoining healthy part.
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Rhizopoda
a name introduced by Dujardin for an order of infusoria , which were defined as animalcules in mutable form, moving by means of multiform exsertile processes, without vibratile cilia or other external organs. When the subkingdom Protozoa was formed, the name Rhizopoda was retained for the class containing individuals with the power of emitting pseudopodia, and the class was divided into five orders: Monera, Amabea, Foraminifera, Radiolario, and Spongida. The rhizopoda are the Myxopodia of Huxley, and this latter name has been retained by Professor Lankester in his reclassification of the Protozoa.
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Rhode
PAUL PETER, an American Roman Catholic bishop, born in Prussian Poland in 1871. Having come to America with his parents in his early childhood, he was educated at St. Mary's, St. Ignatius, and St. Francis colleges, Chicago, iest and was ordained a priest in 1894. From 1896 to 1909 he was in charge of various churches in Chicago. In 1908 he was consecrated bishop of Barca, and in the same year auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago. From 1909 to 1915 he also served as vicar-general of the Archdiocese. In 1915 he was appointed bishop of the Green Bay (Wis.) diocese.
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Rhodinol
C10 H20 O, the odorous It is also found in platinum ores. It is very hard,
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Rhodium
one of the rare metals white, and brittle, and, with the exception of iridium, one of the most infusible of metals. When pure , it is insoluble in acids, but when alloyed with platinum, bismuth, or copper, it is dissolved with them in aqua regia. Heated in contact with chloride of sodium in a current of chlorine, the double chloride of rhodium and sodium is formed. The only use to form the nibs of metallic pens. Rhodium which rhodium has been applied, is to associated in small quantity with native was discovered by Wollaston in 1803, platinum. and shrubs of the natural order Eri-
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Rhoecus
re'kus, in Greek legend, a youth who once propped up an oak tree which he saw about to fall. The nymph or dryad of the tree was grateful for the respect thus shown her, and when Rhoecus sought her favor she was very gracious. She charged him, however, to keep faith with her, and that when she sent her messenger, the bee, to summon him he must at once obey. Rhoecus promised to do so. One day, however, the bee came when he was playing checkers, and in his absorption he brushed it hastily away. The dryad was offended, and blinded Rhoecus in consequence. Lowell has made this story the subject of a poem entitled Rhoecus.
I am the Dryad of this tree And with it I am doomed to live and die. The rain and sunshine are my caterers, Nor have I other bliss than simple life, Now ask me what thou wilt, that I can give And with a thankful joy, it shall be thine. . . . Oh, Rhoecus! nevermore Shalt thou behold me or by day or night, 'Tis thou art blind, Not I unmerciful, I can forgive, But have no skill to heal the spirit eyes.
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