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PROCEEDINGS OF SOCIETIES. 



SAN FRANCISCO MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY. 



'Hr^HE regular semi-monthly meeting of this society was held 

 -^ September 28, 1887, Vice-President Dr. FeiTer in the chair. 



Dr. Henry Ferrer exhibited a new rectilinear lens of wide 

 aperture made by Steinheil of the old Fraunhofer Institute of 

 Munich, especially for photographic purposes. 



He also exhibited some work he had done with the lens, 

 producing reduced copies of some line large drawing of his own, 

 made with India ink, and showing sections of the human eye. 



To show the excellent work being done by members of the San 

 Francisco Microscopical Society, Secretary Wickson read a letter 

 which was recently received fi'om Dr. Frank L. James, of St, Louis, 

 editor of the St Louis Medical and Surgical Journal, in which he 

 made allusion to mountings of bacillusantliracis in situ in lung 

 tissue, made by Dr. S. M. Mouser of San Francisco, stating it was 

 his belief "that abetter preparation never has been made" — that 

 he did not rely solely upon his own judgment but cited the verdict 

 of Dr. D. V. Dean of St. Louis, a thorough microscopist, who, after 

 a long and careful examination, pronounced " the slide the best he 

 had ever seen." This testimony is creditable to Dr. Mouser and to 

 the San Francisco Society, and indicates that in scientific work, as 

 in other efforts, California is making most gratifying progress. 



By unanimous vote Dr. Henry Ferrer was elected President of 

 the Society to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Mr. 

 Wickson, who retired from the Presidency to take the chair of 

 Recording Secretary. 



Edward J. Wickson, Recording Secretary. 



BALTIMORE MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY. 



AT the first annual meeting of the Baltimore Microscopical 

 Society, held October 17, 1887, the following officers were 

 elected: President, Prof. G. L. Smith, A. M. ; Vice-President, Lewis 

 M. Eastman, M. D. ; Secx-etary and Treasurer, Robt. T. Wilson. M. 

 D. ; Librarian, A. H. Ehrman. President G. L. Smith in the chair. 

 The President welcomed the members after such a long vacation 

 and encouraged them to renewed activity in the work. He thought 



