68 Tue Microscope. 
be told from oleomargarine by microscopical tests? It will be 
remembered Dr. Taylor claimed this could be done in a very 
positive manner. At the Cleveland meeting, and at the re- 
quest of Dr. Taylor a committee of five was appointed to review 
the work and make a report to the society confirming or not these 
statements. We have anxiously awaited the report of this com- 
mittee, for the subject is a most important one, and is so con- 
sidered even by the Government authorities at Washington. 
We look in vain for this report. The committee have had 
ample time to report, and they owed it to the society so to do. 
We hoped to hear from them even if they could report nothing 
but “ progress.” Especially desirable would this report be at 
this time, when Prof.Weber, of the State University at Columbus, 
Ohio, has made public the statement that Dr. Taylor’s discovery 
is useless; for by simply mixing a little water and salt with the 
oleomargarine it will give crystals identical with those of butter. 
The same results are obtained by treating tallow in the same 
way. We understand Dr. Taylor says Prof. Weber has not 
overthrown his discovery. We have written Dr. Taylor on the 
subject and we hope for an early reply. We imagine the papers 
of Dr. Holbrook would not have been passed without some 
sharp criticisms had the author been present, and his paper 
read in any other way but “ by title.” There is a slight error 
on page 240, with respect to our belief in the third corpuscular 
element. We do believe in the presence of a blood corpuscle 
aside from the recognized red and white. We do believe in the 
‘““blood-plates” of Bizzozero, and others. We do not believe in 
the so-called colorless corpuscles of Norris. As Hayem says, 
they are the result of the reagents used. For proof of this see our 
Histology, 3d edition, p. 84. The society now numbers over 300 
members; and is in good flourishing condition financially 
as well. The outlook for another successful meeting at Chau- 
tauqua this summer grows brighter and brighter. 
Tue latest bacillus-ceraze comes from Spain. A Dr. Don G. 
Puerta has discovered in common tincture of opium certain 
bacilli that look exactly like the comma-bacilli of Koch. They 
are very active and are found in abundance on the sides and 
bottom of the vessel containing the tincture. We cannot read 
the account without wondering if Dr. Gregg, of Buffalo, has 
