The Microscope 



AND ITS RELATION TO 



Medicine and Pharmacy. 



Vol. 1. Ann Arlbor, December, 1881. No, 5. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Original Communications. 

 Charles A. Spencer. By C. H. Stowell. 129 

 Some Hints on Mounting. By W. H. 



Walmsley. . . . . 134 



The Development of Starch Grains. 

 By Geo. P. Andrews, M. D 143 



Editorial Department. 



A Reply to Mr. Hitchcock 148 



A Fine Present 150 



The Engraving of Mr. Spencer 150 



PAGE 



Our Next Issue 1 50 



How Mr. Hitchcock can get his Pay.. 151 



McAllister Lantern for Sale 151 



New Advertisements 151 



Selections. 



Microscopy 152 



Items 157 



Society Proceedings isg 



Reviews i6o 



#j!^igtosi^I &m%%vax%%iituti0us. 



CHARLES A. SPENCER. 



BY CHAS. H. STOWELL. 



CHARLES A. SPENCER was born on Quality Hill, near Canas- 

 tota, N. Y., in 1813. When 15 or 16 j^ears of age he came to 

 Canastota, and there lived until about si.x years ago. He moved 

 from Canastota to Geneva, at the invitation of the Geneva Optical 

 Co., but subsequently he separated from them, and, with his sons, 

 paid exclusive attention to the manufacture of microscopical instru- 

 ments. 



Mr. Spencer was emphatically a self-made man, for he had no 

 other preparation than that received at Cazenovia Seminary, where 

 he graduated, and about one year's work at Hobert College. 



His skill and genius, however, .soon enlisted the friendship of 

 all the more prominent and scientific men of that day. Such men 

 as Prof. Bailey, of West I'oint, Prof. Henry, Prof. Bache, Prof. 



