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pieces of tumor or scraping-s of tissue should not be sent 

 to the patholog-ist simply to see what the microscope will 

 reveal or what the patholog-ist knows. The object is to 

 obtain a correct diagnosis, and to this end as large a piece 

 of tumor as possible should be sent for examination. It 

 should be accompanied with a history of the case and all 

 other points, such as site, character of growth, etc. In 

 this way the microscope usually decides when the appear- 

 ance to the naked eye throws doubt on the character of the 

 tumor. — Medical Record. 



PHARMACEUTICAL. 



The Microscope as an Advertiser. — Druggist Stedem, 

 of Philadelphia, contends that much advertising benefit can 

 be derived from proper microscopical exhibitions in 

 the pharmacy. He hesitated for a long time, fearing that 

 meddlers would try to tinker with the apparatus, but fin- 

 ally picked out a strong instrument — his next best micro- 

 scope — and placed it in the window, protected only by the 

 sign, "Look, but please don't touch." During- the two 

 months which followed, only one person of all the hundreds 

 taking a peep, put a finger on the adjustment. Mr. Stedem 

 first took up the ordinary house-fly, and week by week 

 showed legs, feet, head, wings and body. The display 

 aroused much interest, especially among school children. 

 He is now preparing slides of other insects, and purposes 

 displaying them in a still more powerful instrument. 



Mr. Stedem's idea is capital, and may be developed fur- 

 ther. For example : so much is written nowadays about 

 disease germs, what is to hinder the display of the diph- 

 theria germ, the bacillus of typhoid fever, of tuberculosis, 

 etc.? Many objects of popular interest may thus be exhib- 

 ited under the microscope, and the advertising benefit 

 ought to be considerable. — Bulletin of Pharmacy. 



