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falls with tremendous force on the heads of its discoverer and 

 chief advocates. 



All of which, — will our readers forgive us? — leads us to 

 publish the following : "One of the most atrocious things of 

 the season, is reported by the Medical Record of a Dr. Samuel 

 W. Francis, who says that squinting is due to the presence of 

 micro- cock-eye." 



We are in receipt of a dozen slides from Dr. F. O. Jacobs, 

 of Newark, Ohio, which are the very best, of their kind, we 

 have ever seen. Each slide represents a complete section of a 

 tooth, with the enamel all in proper condition and with the pulp 

 preserved and stained. We understand Dr. Jacobs is prepar- 

 ing to place his new freezing microtome on the market. 



We were very much surprised to learn that Dr. F. L. James, 

 of St. Louis, had severed his connection with the National 

 Druggist. Our readers have often noticed extracts in our col- 

 umns from this journal, and the extracts were well worth read- 

 ing too. The National Druggist has become known to hun- 

 dreds of microscopists and physicians, through Dr. James con- 

 nection with it, who would otherwise have remained entirely 

 ignorant of its existence. We are glad that journal and 

 its readers will be the only losers, for Dr. James will continue 

 to give us his crisp notes as heretofore, only for another periodi- 

 cal. Our readers can get his writings by sending for the St. 

 Louis Medical and Surgical Journal; and this is the best free 

 ad. we have given any medical journal in a long time. 



Mr. Griffith has just issued another circular describing his 

 microscope, turn-table, lamps, etc. A list of one hundred pur- 

 chasers and owners is given as an endorsement of the good 

 qualities of this instrument, and certainly no better endorse- 

 ment could be given. The circular will be sent to any person 

 requesting it. 



We desire to call particular attention to the new " ad." of 

 Mr. Walmsley, for the " Star " microscope. A number of our 

 readers will remember seeing this pattern at the Cleveland 

 meeting. It is a good deal of a microscope for the money and 

 we advise our friends who are looking for a low priced instru- 



