60 THE LATE DR. LANKESTER,. 
‘Sd EET PS BES INR Ra AEE EE EE EDDIE 
meister’s ‘ Animal Parasites’ in 1859; contributed, in con- 
junction with Dr. Letheby, the article on Sanitary Science 
to the ‘ Encyclopedia Britannica’ in 1859; published ‘ Half- 
hours with the Microscope ;” ‘Two Addresses to the Micro- 
scopical Society of London ;’ ‘A Guide to the Food Collection 
at the South Kensington Museum ;’ ‘ A Course of Lectures 
on Food,’ and ‘ A Course of ‘Lectures on the Uses of Ani- 
mals;’ and has delivered Lectures on Natural History, and 
its various branches, at the Royal Institution ; several courses 
on Physiology and Botany at the London Institution; and 
several courses on Botany before the Royal Botanical Society 
of London. As Coroner for Middlesex, he has published 
nine “ Annual Reports” in the ‘ Proceedings of the Social 
Science Association ;” and, as Medical Officer of Health for 
St. James’s, Westminster, has published sixteen “ Annual 
Reports.” In 1866, he edited the ‘ Journal of Social Science,’ 
and published a small work entitled ‘Cholera; What it is, 
and how to prevent it.’ In 1867, appeared ‘ Good Food ; 
What it is, and how to get it;’ in 1868, ‘ Vegetable Phy- 
siology ;’ in 1869, a ‘School Manual of Health;’ and, in 
1870, ‘ What shall we Teach? or Physiology in Schools,’ 
besides several articles in ‘ Nature,’ on scientific subjects. 
He continued his literary and professional career until 
1862, when, on a vacancy occurring in the office of Coroner 
for Central Middlesex, Dr. Lankester was elected to the post 
by a majority of the constituency, and was also chosen by 
the Vestry of St. James’s, Westminster, as their officer of 
health. He died on October 30th, 1874, at Margate, and 
was buried at Hampstead. 
We are here chiefly concerned with Dr. Lankester’s 
connection with this Journal, which was long and in- 
timate. The ‘ Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science’ 
first appeared in 1853, under the joint editorship of Dr. 
Lankester and Mr. Busk, partly as the organ of the Micro- 
scopical Society of London, partly as an independent journal. 
This arrangement was continued till 1868, when the connec- 
tion with the Society was severed. Mr. Busk retired, and the 
Journal was thenceforward carried on by Dr. Lankester and 
his son, Mr. Ray Lankester, till the retirement of the former 
in 1871. For nearly twenty years, therefore, Dr. Lan- 
kester was actively concerned in the editorship. The 
first publisher was Mr. Highley, and on his retirement from 
business the Journal passed into the hands of its present 
proprietors. From the first the editors were able to con- 
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