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Journal of Applied Microscopy 



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Laboratory 

 MetHods 



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Vol. VI. 



December/ 1903. 



No. 12. 



CONDUCTED BY L. B. ELLIOTT. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



The Microscope and Expert Testimony. 



Albert S. Osborn, Rochester, N. Y 2637 



An Absolute Alcohol Still. 



W. J. Calvert, M. D., Missouri State Uni- 

 versity 2643 



Preparing Microscopic Plants and Animals for 

 Student Use in the L,abaratory. 



Harris M. Benedict, Univ. of Chicago 2647 



Fixation of Tissues by Injection. 



Burton D. Myers, Dept. of Anatomy, In- 

 diana University 2648 



Commendation of Worcester's Formol-Subl?- 

 mate-Acetic Mixture. 



J. B. Johnston, Univ. of \V. Virginia 2652 



A Model for Denion.strating the Structure of 

 the Kidney Tubule. 



Aaron t,. Treadwell, Vassar College 2652 



The Effect of Various Hone Stones on the 

 Edges of Steel Tools. 



Alexis A. Julian, Columbia University. .. 2655 



An Imbedding Medium for Brittle Objects. 



J. B. Johnston, Univ. of.W. Virginia 2662 



An Artificial Light for the Microscope. 



Charles J. Chamberlain, University of 



Chicago 2663 



A New Method of Affixation. 



C. W. Hahn. High School, Little Falls, 



N. Y 2666 



-A. New Screen for the Projection Microscope. 



Aaron L. Treadwell, Vassar College 2667 



Mitosis in Root-tip of Hyacinthus. 



Harry A. Haig, London, England 2668 



.•V Barnes Dissecting Stand. 



Charles E. M. Fischer, Textile Labora- 

 tory, Western Electric Co 2669 



On the Use of " Sea Lettuce " (Ulva) in Orient- 

 ing Small Objects for Sectioning. 



N. Yatsu, Zoological Laboratory, Co- 



lum]3ia University -- 2669 



A New Section Lifter. 



S. C. Hood, University of Vermont 26-- 



The Technique of Biological Projection and 

 Anesthesia of Animals. 

 A. H. Cole.. 



Industrial Microscopy. 



Burton J. Howard, Bureau of Chemistry, 



U. S. Dept. of Agriculture '.^ 267- 



To Clean Homogeneous Immersion Objectives. 

 Dr. Henri Van Hewick. Director of Bo- 

 tanical Garden of Antwerp (Belgium; 267 . 



The Museum. 



L. P. Gratacap, American Museum of 



Natural History 2-^0 



, Laboratory Outlines for the Elementary- Study 

 of Plant Structures and Functions from the 

 Standpoint of Evolution. 



John H. Schaffuer, Ohio State University 21, 



Current Botanical Literature. 



Charles J. Chamberlain, Univ. of Chicago 2-: -. 



Cytology, Embryology, and Microscopical 

 Methods. 



Agnes M. Claypole Moody. San Fran 

 Cisco, California 



Current Zoological Literature. 



Charles A. Kofoid, Utv'—'-' ' ■ 

 fornia 



General Physiology. 



Raymond Pearl, University o: Michigan. - v. ; 



Normal and Pathological Histology. 



Joseph H. Pratt, Harvard University 



Medical School -'•; 



Current Bacteriological Literature. 



H. W. Conn, Wesleyan University. 



General Laboratory Technique. 



Raymond Pearl, University of Michigan. 2721 



News and Notes - 2727 



Question Box "' '" 



Editorial ^ 





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