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hanging drop. They belong to to that class of bacteria denominated 

 aerobic. The New York Medical Journal, of March 17, contains an 

 interesting editorial resume of what has been written in regard to 

 this organism. 



* * With the greatly improved methods of analyzing the 

 ui'ine, both chemically and microscopically, which we now possess, 

 not only albumen, but hyaline and granular casts, are found in the 

 urine in very many diseases, such as the exanthemata, rheumatism, 

 pneumonia, the various forms of continued fever, etc., as well as in 

 apparent health, as after violent exercise, sea-bathing, severe mental 

 emotions, after eating certain kinds of foods, as tapioca, or eggs in 

 large quantities, in epilepsy or the eclampsia of children; but as a 

 rule these temporary conditions are not dangerous, seldom requiring 

 treatment. — C. S. Wood in Medical Record. 



The neglected twin nowhere proves his usefulness more than in 

 microscopy. The observer who has his left hand properly trained 

 has the purely right-handed one at an immense disadvantage. This 

 is especially true in working with high, or comparatively high, pow- 

 ers. Try it and you will see. With the left hand to manage the 

 stage and the right upon the micrometer adjustment, one can get 

 over a slide in less than half the time occupied when the right hand 

 is constantly leaving the adjustment to regulate the stage. — F. L. 

 James, m St. Louis Medical and Surgical Journal. 



Dr. Ernest Wende, writing on the microscope in the diagnosis 

 of skin diseases, says: The microscope has become of indispensa- 

 ble service in the diagnosis of these affections. The microscopical 

 observer is necessarily confined to a skillful application of his instru- 

 ment, looking behind and beyond any symptom or set of symptoms 

 for an explanation, for a cause. Many are the impurities, both 

 physical and organic, and many are the parasites both vegetable and 

 animal, that are perpetually found giving rise to these conditions of 

 which the symptoms are but mere expressions. — Med. Press of West. 

 New York. 



Dr. E. L. Nealey, of Bangor, read a paper on the "Use and 

 Abuse of the Microscope " before the recent meeting of the Maine 

 Medical Society. Our experience leads us to think that most 

 physicians abuse the instrument by not using it. 



Senge's experiments indicate that the ordinary antiseptics 

 employed in surgical operations affect the kidneys by producing a 



