THE MICROSCOPE. 



Contents for March, 1896. 



Objects Seen Under the Microscope. XXXI. — Diatoms, Desmids and 



Fresh-water Algjc. Chrysanthemum. (Illustrated.) 33 



National Science Club. (Illustrated.) 36 



Inimuuit}- from Cholera and Other Infectious Diseases. Roseuau 38 



Why there are no Bacillariacea? in the Chalk. Edwards 40 



List of Microscopes and Exhibits by the New Britain Scientific Association. 42 

 Editorial. 



Antony Van Leeuwenhoek and Vivisection 43 



Liverpool Meeting , ... 44 



Questions Answered. S. G. Shanks. 



237 Cost of and Where to Procure Vienna Chalk and Diamantine... 44 



238 Use of the Concave Mirror 45 



Practical Suggestions. L. A. Willson. 



A Home-Made Turn-Table 45 



Tongues of MoUusca 45 



The Itch Insect,— Acarus Scabiei 45 



Demodex FoUiculorum 46 



Science-Gossip. 



Desmids 46 



Fowls and Infection 46 



Recent Publications. 



Washington ; or the Revolution 47 



THE MICROSCOPICAL JOURNAL. 



Contents for Marcli, 1896. 



Symbiosis : or, Partnerships in Plant Life. Weiss. (With Frontispiece.) 73 



Bacteriologic Results from Mechanical Filtration. Swarts 89 



Cocaine in the Study of Pond Life. Conser. 95 



Radiolaria : A New Genus from Barbados. Carter. (Illustrated.) 96 



Radiolaria: A New Species. Carter. (Illustrated.) 98 



List of Microscopes and Exhibits by the New Britain Scientific Association. 99 

 Editorial. 



Proportion of Instruments in Use 100 



Microscopical Apparatus. 



An Effective Method of Improving Cheap Microscopes. (Illustrated.) 101 

 Microscopical Manipulation. 



Preparing the Ovaries of Scilla patula 103 



Bacteriology. 



Bacteria of the Intestinal Canal 104 



Bacterial Origin of Eclampsia 106 



Medical Microscujpy. 



Influence of Lecithin on the growth of Organisms 106 



The Culture Tube in Diagnosis of Diphtheria 107 



Diatoms. 



Diatomology as an Aid to Geology 107 



Microscopical Societies. 



Quekett Microscopical Club 109 



The Microscopical Society of Utah 109 



Lincoln Microscopical Club 110 



New Publications. 



Immunity Protective Inoculation in Infectious Diseases and Serum- 

 Therapy Ill 



Dont's for Consumptives, or the Scientific Management of Pulmonary 

 Tuberculosis 112 



The Best Waters to Drink 112 



