INDEX. 



Mayer's ha;m-alum, 391. 



Measurements, bacterial, 598. 



Medical and surgical reports of the Boston 



City Hospital, rev., 352. 

 Meeting of the alifiliated scientific societies, 243. 

 Melanotekite of Hillsboro, New Mexico, rev., 



419. 

 Melting points of minerals, rev., 531. 

 Merkel's fluid, 366. 

 Metacresols, liber die disinficirende Wirkung 



des, rev., 317. 

 Metastasirinde embryonale Driisengeschwulst 



der Nierengegend im Kindersalter, rev., 616. 

 Methode zur Farbung der Bakterien in den 



Geweben, rev., 409. 

 Method of examining fresh nerve cells, rev.. 



Method for extracting air and other gases from 

 objects, 388. 



Method for making the three principal arti- 

 ficial media, based on the Bacteriological 

 Committee's recommendations, 301. 



Method of preparing test objects for disinfec- 

 tion experiments, rev., 351. 



Method of sectioning eggs containing much 

 yolk, 464. 



Method of teaching botany, 623. 



Methods for identifying varieties of wool, 289. 



Methods for making microscopic preparations 

 or Copepoda, 295. 



Methods for studying and mounting protozoa, 



385- 

 Methods in plant histology : 



I. Laboratory appliances, 296. 

 II. The general method, 332. 



III. Killing and fixing agents, 363. 



IV. Staining, 389. 



V. General remarks on staining, 437. 

 VI. The celloidin method, 468. 

 VII. The study of alg£e, 506. 

 VIII. Algae and fungi, 543. 

 IX. Fungi, 593. 

 X. Bryophyta, 634. 

 Methyl-acetic stain for protozoa, 288. 

 Methylen blue, action of, on the thread-cells of 



living specimens of Hydra-fusca, 587. 

 Methylen blue, Unna's polychrome solution, 



583- 



Mica cover-glass, 436. 



Mica group, Ind. Sp., 620 



Michael-Levy method for determining microlitic 

 feldspar crystals, modification of, rev., 415. 



Micro-polariscope, convenient, for food exam- 

 ination, 550. 



Microscope, an adjustable dissecting, 558. 



Microscope for micro-chemical analysis, 502. 



Microscope, the, its educational and practical 

 value, 490. 



Microscopical examination of tea, coffee, spices 

 and condiments, 275. 



Microtome knife, improved movement for, 287. 



Miersite, rev,, 419. 



Mineralien, die naturlichen farbungen der, rev., 



578- 

 Mineralogical literature, reviews and titles, 415, 



481, 531. 577,619,653. 

 Mineralogical methods: 



For obtaining crystals in blow-pipe beads, 

 416. 



Mineralogical methods, continued. 



For orienting amphrbole cleavages, 416. 

 Modification of the Michel-Levy method 

 for determining microlitic feldspar, 415. 

 Mitosis and amitosis, characteristics of, 244. 

 Modification of the collodion process, 323. 

 Modification of the fermentation tube for bac- 

 teriological work, rev., 379. 

 Modification of Van Gehuchten's methylen 



blue method, 465. 

 Morphologischen Veranderungen der Blut- 

 korperchen und des Fibrins bei der vitalen 

 extravascularen Gerinniing, rev., 567. 

 Mosquitoes and malaria, rev., 515. 

 Mounting and fixing plant material, general 



method for, 332. 

 Mounting bacteria, 470. 

 Mounting sections, model for, rev., 612. 

 Musci, methods for study of, 638. 

 Muscles, striped, in mammals, further note on 



the post-embryonal history of, rev., 404. 

 Museum specimens, use of for class work, 601. 

 Musikalischen Centren des Gehirns, liber die, 



rev., 576. 

 Myrosin, test for, 308. 

 Myxomycetes, methods of study, 585. 

 Myxomycetes, to prepare for microscopical 



study, 547. 

 Naias major, sur la formation du pollen et la 



reduction chromatique dans le, rev., 343. 

 Native lead, with roeblingite, copper, etc., at 



Franklin Furnace, New Jersey, rev., 419. 

 NatiirlichenFarbungendermineralien, rev., 578. 

 Nematode eggs, method for fixing, 337. 

 Nerve cells and their processes, structure of, 



rev. 348. 

 Nerve cells, further observations on the 

 structural alterations observed in, rev., 651. 

 Nerve cells, possible amoeboid movements in 



dendritic processes of, 244. 

 Nerve cells, structure of, rev., 280. 

 Nervensystems, das leitende Element des, und 

 seine topographischen Beziehungen zu den 

 Zellen, rev., 420. 

 Nerve system, a new stain for, 414. 

 Neuritenendigungen, iiber centrale, rev., 618. 

 Neuroglia, algo sobre signification fisiologica 



de la, rev., 372. 

 Neurological literature, reviews, 420, 454, 485, 



529, 576, 617, 651. 

 Neurological literature, titles, 487, 531, 577, 



619. 

 Neurological methods : 



Apathy's gold chloride method, 278. 

 Apathy's hsematin method, rev., 372. 

 Bristol's gold chloride method, rev., 373. 

 'Examining fresh nerve cells, rev., 531. 

 Hasmatoxylin and molybdenum, rev., 609. 

 Haematoxylin and vanadium, rev., 609. 

 Hardening the cord and nerves in situ, 



rev., 530. 

 Held's method, rev., 651. 

 Lead formate for the central nervous sys- 

 tem, rev., 414. 

 Mallory's neuroglia stain, 583. 

 Nerve fibers, neuroglia, and dendritic 



processes, to demonstrate, rev., 2S3. 

 Nissl's method for studying changes in 

 the spinal cord, 451. 



