218 The Microscope. 



glomerulo-nephritis, an exudation taking place between the glomer- 

 ulus and the capsule, and the epithelium of the tubuli contorti being 

 almost entirely destroyed. 



A WELL-KNOWN New York physician has just published the sort 

 of discovery which Lord Lytton would have made a novel out of. 

 An aged Polish count, formerly professor of languages and a famous 

 oriental scholar, died in the hospital, and Dr. Rockwood had occa- 

 sion, in conjunction with other experts, to make a microscopical 

 examination of a certain part of the cerebrum. They noticed a 

 peculiar set of markings, which took the form of Egyptian and Chi- 

 nese hieroglyphics. These were amplified to a magnitude of 3,000 

 diameters, and the results shown to another oriental scholar, who 

 declared them to be true characters in the Ethiopic, Syricand Egyp- 

 tian languages. Dr. Rockwood suggests that his discoveiy will lead 

 to extracting from the dead their literary achievements as well as 

 their "suppressed opinions." — Hardwicke' s Science- Gossip. 



Prof. John Ryde recently described, before the Philadelphia 

 Academy of Natural Sciences, a ring-like prolongation of the pla- 

 centa in embryo mice and rats, as indicating the descent of these 

 animals from lower types in which the placenta is zonary. 



De. Lucien Howe, of Buffalo, who went to Egypt last winter in 

 order to study the bacillus of the opthalmia of the East, is now in 

 Strassburg, Germany. Dr. Howe also incidentally investigated 

 the leprosy of that country. 



Myositis, interstitial inflammation of muscular tissue, may be 

 confused with sarcoma, — the microscopical appearances being quite 

 similar. Only the most careful study of a number of specimens will 

 enable the observer to differentiate the two conditions. 



Mk. Charles B. Plowright, F. L. S., has written a work on The 

 British Uredineae and Ustilaginete. This will be illustrated with 

 woodcuts and eight lithographic plates. 



Dr. J. W. MoTT advocates, in the Botanical Gazette, the appli- 

 cation of the paraffin imbedding method in botanical research. He 

 gives directions for the successful imbedding and preparation of 

 vegetable tissues. 



The Medical Record, N. Y., illustrates an article on Thomsen's 

 disease (myotonia congenita), with two microscopical drawings (?) of 

 the affected muscle which bear a close resemblance to partial eclipse 



