934. THE Microscope. 
I'd gladly help to bring to ligbt 
New babes by either day or night, 
No odds to me: 
If their papa would but support 
The dignity of such a court 
With ample fee. 
The whooping-cough and measles, too, 
And other ailments not a few ; 
And ague chills, 
I’d gladly take the children through, 
And do the best a man could do, 
For moderate biils. 
But cholera, small-pox, and the itch, 
You will please tumble in the ditch 
Without my care. 
Or send it to some other quack, 
And don’t you let him bring it back ; 
Though I’ve no fear. 
And finally, my patron saint, 
Give ear to this, my last complaint, 
And hear me pray. 
Send business that will pay the cash, 
And see how I will cut and slash 
To make it pay. 
— Keystone Medical Journal. 
THE WORKING SESSION. 
The tollowing will give the reader an idea what this part 
of the annual meeting of the Americun Society is: 
Table No. i.—Rev. J. T. Brownell, A. M., Auburn, N. Y. First 
hour—making sweat-proof wax cells for opaques. Second hour—Stain- 
ing and mounting pollens. 
Table No. 2.—Prof. J. T. Burrill, Ph. D,, EF. BR MSS ee. 
Champaign, Ill. First hour—Measuring the power of objectives. Sec- 
ond hour—Cultivating bacteria, flask method. 
Table No. 4.—H. J. Detmers, M. D., F. R. M. S., Champaign, Il. 
Mounting fresh animal tissues. 
Table No. 6.—Prof. S. H. Gage, B. 8., Cornell University, Ithaca, 
N. Y. Preparation of serial sections and staining them on the slide. 
