Journal of 



Applied Microscopy 



and 



Laboratory Methods 



Ik 



Volume V. AUGUST, 1902. Number 8. 



A Modern Bacteriological Laboratory. 



The purpose of this article is to present as clearly as possible a description 

 of a modern bacteriological laboratory. I likewise wish to call special attention 

 to those arrangements, by means of which a laboratory may contribute in the 

 maximum degree toward the physical comfort of the worker, and also to the 

 most economical use of his time. 



The laboratory of the Department of Bacteriology and Comparative Path- 

 ology of Cornell University is doubtless one of the most recently equipped of the 

 large laboratories in this country, and it is this one that I have taken as an 

 illustration. A detailed description of it is given in order that those parts which 

 experience has shown to be convenient, economical, and efficient may be 

 applied by other institutions which are about to equip such a laboratory. 



The reconstruction and reequipment of this laboratory was rendered neces- 

 sary by the disastrous fire in the New York State Veterinary College, in Novem- 

 ber, 1900. The laboratory, as it was originally arranged, was described in the 

 Journal of Applied Microscopy, February, 1S98. At that time it occupied 

 the west half of the top floor of the Veterinary building, while the east half was 

 occupied by the laboratory of Microscopy, Histology, and Embryology. In the 

 reconstruction, the upper floor was divided transversely, and the north half is 

 now occupied by the Bacteriological laboratory, while the south half is retained 

 for the laboratory of Microscopy, Histology, and Embryology. 



The present equipment of the Bacteriological laboratory is the result of years 

 of close observation and experience on the part of Dr. V. A. Moore, head of the 

 department, who is a strong exponent of the practical, both in laboratory methods 

 and in teaching. The laboratory is designed to accommodate one hundred and 

 twenty-five students (twenty-five students at a time), each student working ten 

 hours per week. To accommodate this number of students and supply them 

 with a working equipment, so that each could do his work without delay or 

 hindrance, was no small problem, but by the careful planning of Dr. Moore the 

 problem has practically been solved. 



(1909) 



