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The number of papers presented was very large and of such 

 a character as to insure a most desirable volume of proceedings. 



THE WORKING SESSION. 



W. P. MANTON, M. D., DETROIT, MICH. 



ONE of the most interesting and successful features of the pro- 

 gramme of the late meeting at Cleveland was the Working 

 Session, which was held in Le Grand Rink on Euclid avenue, 

 Thursday afternoon, Aug. 20th. 



As regards light, air, and working-space, no better place 

 could have been selected ; and the entire management and ar- 

 rangement of the Session reflects great credit upon the director, 

 Mr. C. M. Vorce — whose untiring eiforts to make it a success were 

 crowned with the most satisfactory results. 



This working session — the only really practical part of the 

 meeting— is of greater benefit to the society than is usually re- 

 cognized ; for here, not only is it the business of the hour to ex- 

 change ideas and " experiences," but in so doing a more general 

 acquaintance and kindly feeling results, which tends to knit the 

 members together into a more sympathetic body. 



Nor does this session lose in interest by repetition, since 

 each year new methods are discovered or old ones improved, 

 microscopical accessories and materials devised, and new men, 

 many of whom had the advantage of foreign study in this line 

 of research, added to the ranks of the workers. 



In the limited space at our disposal it would be quite ab- 

 surd for us to attempt to remark upon the work done at each of 

 the 38 or more tables scattered about the rink, but a glance at 

 the schedule would at once convince the most sceptical that 

 the material offered was of a high class, and instructive. 



Among the novelties this year were the new microtomes of 

 Messrs. Bausch and Lomb and W. H. Bulloch. These have all 

 sprung from the same source, viz : the Schanze microtome (Leip- 

 sic) exhibited at the meeting at Rochester last year. The orig- 

 inal instrument, as will be seen by the programme, was again 

 shown, and its fine work and action were all the more marked 

 from the fact that the following three tables (18-19-20) were oc- 



