216 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY [June 



Dr. Henry A. Robbins — Intestine; injected and stained. 



Dr. Harry W. Rollings — Pneumonia; liver of frog; lung of frog; intestine 

 of frog; kidney of rabbit; ear of kitten. Injected and stained. 



Mr. W. Schneider — Stomach (human), stained. 



Dr. W. H. Seaman — Stem-sections of leanas. 



Dr. H. M. Smith — Trichina} in hnman muscles; authracosis(carbon deposit 

 in human lung). 



Dr. Louis P. Smith — Sarcoma of soft palate. 



Dr. J. T. Sothorou — Foraminifera. 



Mr. JoseM. Yznaga — Section of human skin (triple stain). 



The officers of the Society are : Dr. Ck)llins Marshall, President. Hon. 

 A. A. Adee, Vice-President. Mr. H. H. Doubleday, Corresponding Secre- 

 tary. Mr. L. M. Mooers, Recording Secretary. Dr. E. A. Balloch, 

 Treasurer. Dr. W. H. Seaman, Curator. 



EDITORIAL. 



" Slide." — The French speaking- microscopists have re- 

 cently adopted the Eng-lish word slide, M. C. Schlumberg-er, 

 among- others, using- it in "Le Microg-raphe Preparateur" 

 for May and June. Formerly they used the word parte 

 obj'et which means object carrier. 



"Urine." — If, upon a microscopic examination of a sac- 

 charine urine, there be no casts, the case may be classed 

 as one of the so-called harmless cases of Diabetes, but even 

 in this case no assurances of safety should be g-iven. But 

 if casts are abundant, the prognosis is very grave. 



Scientific Instruments and the Tariff. — The United 

 States circuit court of appeals holds, in the case of United 

 States V. Presbyterian Hospital, decided Jan. 16, 1896, 

 that it does net follow that because articles are made for 

 the use of physicians and surg-eons in the practice of their 

 profession that they are scientific instruments within the 

 the meaning- of the term as used in the tariff law. The 

 court says that the term "scientific instrument" does not 

 describe one appertaining to any particular vocation or 

 profession. It sug-g-ests an instrument which is some- 

 thing- other than a mere mechanical tool or appliance, 

 however peculiarly adapted to use it may be in scientific 



