1895 THE MICROSCOPE. 9 



It is just as true as it is unfortunate that the market 

 is flooded with poor microscopes which are being sold at 

 extravagant prices. It affords us pleasure to say that 

 they are not the product of American industry, but are 

 brought to this country to satisfy that morbid idea that 

 so many have which leads them to believe in the superi- 

 ority of anything that is " foreign," and to rave over an 

 article from Paris. It is not our intention to convey the 

 idea that all foreign microscopes are of an inferior 

 quality, for this is far from the truth. However, it is 

 note-worthy that the Unites States manufacture fewer 

 poor instruments than are imported for sale here. In 

 fact, there is no necessity or even a good valid excuse 

 for a pharmacist purchasing anything but an American 

 microscope. 



A word of advice anent the subject of selecting a 

 microscope for pharmaceutical work may not be amiss 

 at this time. Students at colleges of pharmacy, and 

 those druggists who live in cities where such institutions 

 exist, should embrace every opportunity for acquiring 

 knowledge of the microscope as an optical instrument. 

 This will enable them to select the microscope most suit- 

 able for the work and within the range of their means. 

 Do not invest less than twenty-five dollars, and if pos- 

 sible expend fifty or seventy-five dollars for an outfit. 



Those who are so situated that they cannot become 

 familiar with the microscope and be their own judge 

 must depend on others for a selection. Their oj^ticians, 

 as a rule, are not microscopists, much less pharmacists, 

 and their judgement is often materially strabismic from 

 the efi'ects of the profit influence. To them the best 

 microscope is the one that costs them the least and sells 

 for the highest price. It is far better for a druggist to 

 consult some competent microscopist and place his order 

 accordingly. — Editorial in Meyer Brothers' Druggist, 

 January, 1895. ' 



