The Microscope 



AND ITS RELATION TO 



Medicine and Pharmacy. 



VOL. II. ( 



WHOLE NO. lo. 



Ann Arbor, October, 1882. 



No. 4 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



Original Communieations. 

 The American Society of M icrosco- 



pists. By T. B. Stowell 97 



Barley, Rye, Oats and Buckwheat. 



By Mrs. L. R. Stowell. Illustrated. 107 

 Behavior of the White Corpusclfe. 



By R. J. Nunn . . . . - 113 



Bacteria. By J. M. Adams 114 



The History of the Microscope. 



Third Paper. By J. W Crum- 



bangh 115 



PAGB 



The Proboscia and Labial Palps of 



the Oyster. By Prof. H. J. Rice. . lit 

 The Elmira Meeting. By T. S. Up 



de Graflf 12? 



Selections, 

 An Economical Cabinet for Micros- 

 copical Slides 154 



Mounting in Glycerine 135 



Items 136 



Editorial Department 137 



Reviews 141 



Original C^^mmuiiicati mis. 



THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MICROSCOPISTS, CON- 

 TAINING THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS IN FULL. 



BY T. B. STOWELL, A. M., PH. D. 



Dear Brother:—! promised to send to you a report of the 

 Elmira meeting, and enclosed you will find what you desire. I kept 

 a full report of all the proceedings until I found that Dr. Kracko- 

 wizer was doing the same thing for the Elmira city papers. Then I 

 simply took advantage of this fact, and the enclosed report is largely 

 due to his labor and skill. Personally, I was very sorry that both 

 of you could not be with me, and a large number of your friends 

 expressed themselves in the same way. 



The society met in the lecture room of the Park church at 

 half-past two, Wednesday, August i6. Dr. Gleason gave the 

 address of welcome in a few words which called forth the heartiest 

 applause. The reply by President Blackham, was a most happy 

 one. The fifth annual meeting of the American Society of Micros- 



