THE MICROSCOPE. 



Contents for January, 1896 



Objects Seen Under the Microscope. XXX. — The Earth Worm. (Illus- 

 trated) 1 



On a New Form of Mechanical Stage. Edwards 4 



On Identifying Minerals. Atwood 6 



The Microscope as a Detective g 



Editorial. 



"Romance" 9 



Tlie Tolles Microscopic Objective 9 



Questions Answered 11 



Practical Suggestions. 



Mushroom Spores 11 



Revolving the Turn-Table ^ .. 12 



HovF to Obtain Objects at Home in Winter 12 



Science-Gossip. 



Examination of Spots on Clothing for Spermatozoids 12 



Examination of Pepper 13 



Whj ShouLd a Pharmacist Know How to Use the Microscope 14 



Permanent Mounts for Saccharomyces 14 



Staining Fresh Tubercular Sputum 14 



Best Possible Illumination of the Microscopical Field 15 



THE MICROSCOPICAL JOURNAL. 



Contents for January, 1896. 



Dr. William C. Krauss. (With Frontispiece.) ] 



Comparative Morphology of the Brain of the Soft-Shelled Turtle and tlie 



English Sparrow. Gage. 4 



A New Tube for the Culture of Auaerol)iolic Micro-Organisms 8 



Suggestions Regarding Microscopical Societies. Latham. 9 



A Modern Microscopic Objective. Orford 13 



Classitication of the Radiolaria : Key to the Species of Barbadoes. (C(m- 



cluded). Carter !9 



Radiolaria: A New Species from Barbadoes. Carter 25 



Infusoria for Identification 26 



Editorial. 



Microscopical Journalism 27 



Not American 29 



Microscopical Manipulation. 



A New Method of Staining Flagclla 30 



Borax Carmine as a Staining Fluid 31 



Note on a Spirit-Proof Micro-Cement 33 



Technique for tlie Examination of Skin Bacteria 34 



Micro- Photographic Drawings 36 



Biological Notes. 



An Atlas of Nerve Cells 37 



Examination of "Foul" Sea Water 38 



Bacteriology. 



Staining Bacillus Tuberculosis in Milk 40 



