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Vol. II. No. 11 



NOVEMBER, 1899. 



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Leading Subjects. 



On Studying Slime Moulds. First Paper. 



THOMAS H. MACBRIDE .... 585 



UNIVERSITY OF IOWA. 



On the Action of Methylen Blue on the Thread-Cells of 

 Living Specimens of Hydra Fusca. 



H. L. OSBORN . 587 



HAMLINE UNIVERSITY. 



The Paraffin Method in Hot Weather. 



C. E. McCLUNG 588 



UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS. 



The Concilium Bibliographicum of Zurich. 



HERBERT HAVILAND FIELD . 589 



Methods in Plant Histology, IX. 



CHARLES J. CHAMBERLAIN . . 593 



UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. 



Bacterial Measurements. 



E. H.WILSON, M. D., Director -qo 



R. B. F. RANDOLPH, A. C, Asso. Director ^^^ 



HOAGLANO LABORATORY. 



An Apartment Incubator for Student Use. 



VERANUS A. MOORE 599 



CORNELL UNIVERSITY. 



Current Botanical Literature. 



CHARLES J. CHAMBERLAIN . . 603 



UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. 



Animal Biology. AGNES M. CLAYPOLE 607 



CORNELL UNIVERSITY. 



Current Bacteriological Literature. 



H. H. WAITE 614 



UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. 



Normal and Pathological Histology. 



RICHARD M. PEARCE 615 



HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL. 



Neurological Literature, edith m. brace 6i7 



UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER. 



Notes on Recent Mineralogical Literature. 



ALFRED J. MOSES and LEA McI. LUQUER . 619 



COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. 



News and Notes 62 1 



Answer to Correspondent. Apparatus for Removing Bubbles from 

 Mounts. On the Bacteriological Tests Applied to the Effluent of the 

 South Norwood Irrigation Farm. Method of Teaching Botany. The 

 U-shaped Foot is Clumsy. 



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