Journal of Applied Microscopy. 



23 



MAIN BUILDING OF THE NEW YORK STATE VETERINARY COLLEGE. 



UPPER FLOOR DESIGNED EXPRESSLY FOR THE LABORATORIES OF MICROSCOPY, HISTOLOGY, AND EMBRYOLOGY, AND OF BACTERIOLOGY 



AND PATHOLOGY. 



Representative American Laboratories. 



This series of articles does not pretend to deal with the institutions to 

 be described in their entirety, either as to equipment or methods of work- 

 ing employed in them. The limitations of space will render it possible to 

 give only the briefest description of those laboratories in which micro- 

 scopic work is done, and then to present a slightly more detailed account 

 of the most complete. The purpose is to give such information as will aid 

 in the more systematic arrangement and conduct of existing laboratories, 

 and perhaps furnish useful hints for those planning the construction of 

 new ones, as well as to stimulate a general desire for better laboratories 

 everywhere. 



I. Cornell University. 



All the laboratories are abundantly 

 supplied with compound microscopes, 

 and also with dissecting microscopes, 

 according to their needs, and with speci- 

 mens for illustrating the various courses, 

 and for research work, whether the 

 forms required are native or have to be 

 procured from a distance. The recent 

 devLlupment of reliable depots for labo- 

 ratory supplies renders it convenient and 

 inexpensive to place before classes the 

 most desirable material in sufficient 

 quantity for dissection and microscopi- 

 cal study. The laboratories are all pro- 



vided with their type collections of pre- 

 pared slides, some for class use as guides 

 to what a typical preparation should be, 

 others for the demonstration of subjects 

 too difficult for class preparation or 

 which would not be liltely to be met with 

 in the course of the work. Small libra- 

 ries are attached to all the laboratories 

 and contain only such books as are re- 

 quired for actual use during the labora- 

 tory exercises, it being the policy of the 

 university to concentrate the library in 

 such a manner that it will be equally 

 accessible to all. The general library is 



