318 The Microscope. 



NEWS AND NOTES. 



S. H. Vines, the eminent English botanist, has been given the 

 degree of D.Sc. by the University of Cambridge, England. 



Mk. Henry Mills, of Buffalo, N. Y., recently read an interest- 

 ing paper on fresh-water sponges, before the Illinois State Micro- 

 scopical Society, an illustrated report of which appeared in the 

 Inter- Ocean of May 30th. 



Dr. James E. Eeeves, of Wheeling, W. Va., is sending out a 

 circular letter, in which he offers his services to physicians for the 

 microscopical examination of pathological growths, fluids, etc. 



A WORK has recently appeared, by Jacksch, of Vienna, on 

 "Clinical Diagnosis of Internal Diseases by means of Bacterio- 

 logical, Chemical, and Microscopical Methods of Examination." 

 Urban & Swartzeberg are the publishers. 



The latest theory, for which Galippe and Landouzy are respon- 

 sible, is that uterine libroids and ovarian tumors are the result of 

 microbic action on the tissues. 



The death of Dr. Carl Friedlander, of Berlin, is announced. 

 He was well known for his contributions to the literature of patho- 

 logical anatomy, and as the editor of the Fortschritte der Medicin. 

 Dr. Friedlander's name in connection with the pneumococcus is 

 familiar to every bacteriologist. His age is given as forty years. 



The Scientific American of June 18th contains an excellent 

 portrait and sketch of Alexander Agassiz, the distinguished son of 

 an illustrious father. 



Dr. Joseph Lerch, Extraordinary Professor of Zoology, and 

 Director of the Zoo-Chemical Institute in the University of Prague, 

 is dead. 



The edge of a lamp flame is said to give about four times more 

 light than the flat flame. 



Mr. W. H. Brearley, well known for his interest in micro- 

 scopical matters, has become president of the Detroit Evening Journal 

 Company. 



