THE MICROSCOPE. 



nuvnber of the articles are reprints, having appeared first anywhere 

 from ten to fifteen years ago (see page xviii). 



On page 28 is the following: "I have collected a number of 

 facts, observable by everyone who has a well-versed eye and a good 

 lens." Therefore if anyone is unable to see this reticulated 

 structure, he has either a poor eye or a poor lens. 



"Protoplasm, therefore, is not structureless, but has a reticulum, 

 and the granules are not foreign but belong to the protoplasm." 

 "The nucleolus, nucleus and the granules with their connecting 

 filaments are the living or contractile matter proper." 



On page 56 we read: "There is no such thing as an isolated 

 individual cell in the tissues." On page 57, "The plant in toto is^an 

 individual, and not composed of individual cells." 



On page 59 is the following: "Pus corpuscles show remarkable 

 differences in their minute structure in different individuals." He 

 says that pus corpuscles have been brought to him hundreds of 

 times, to tell whether the pus was from good or bad constitutions, 

 and he adds: "I was right in every instance, not one mistake oc- 

 curred." 



On page 60 he tells us that he has "arrived at a point of per- 

 fection which allows me to tell the constitution of a person without 

 knowing anything of his former life." "The better the constitution 

 the fewer are the colorless blood corpuscles." 



On page 61 the very climax of all that is absurd and ridiculous 

 is reached. It reads as follows: "Life insurance should be based 

 upon microscopical examination, as well as on percussion and 

 auscultation. Marriage should be allowed, in doubtful cases, only 

 upon the permit of a reliable microscopist. Last season a young 

 physician asked me whether I believed in the marriage among 

 kindred. He fell in love with his cousin and so did the cousirf with 

 him. I examined his blood and told him that he was a "nervous" 

 man, passing sleepless nights and had a moderately good constitu- 

 tion. The condition being suspected in the kindred lady, marriage 

 was not advisable for fear that the offspring might degenerate. So 

 great was his faith in my assertions that he gave up the idea of 

 marrying his cousin — offering her the last chance viz., the examina- 

 tion of her blood. This beautiful girl came to my laboratory, and, 

 very much to my surprise, I found upon the examination of her 



