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Cleaned Material. — Cleaned diatomaceous material is sold 

 bv M. J. Tempere. i6S Rue vSt. Antoine. Paris. France, who at 

 intervals of about three months issues a series of twelve tubes of 

 cleaned diatoms in liquid, each tube holding about one-half of a 

 drachm. 



MEDICAL MICROSCOPY. 



Microscopy for the Druggist. — A great awakening to the 

 subject is taking place among the druggists of the West. The 

 Kansas State Pharmaceutical Association now has a section of 

 microscopv. Not only the young druggists but the older ones 

 are enthusiastic over the practical results to be attained. The 

 attitude of Dr. Whelpley. editor of the Meyer Brothers' Drtig- 

 gist. has been perhaps the most prominent factor in bringing this 

 about. He lias been elected an honorary member of the Kansas 

 Association. The Griffith Club microscope seems to be in 

 especial favor among the members. 



The Clinical College of Medicine and Specialty Hos- 

 pital. — The ne\\' MecHcal College and Hospital in Chicago w'ill 

 have a department of microscopy and histology, and the directors 

 are now receiving applications for the position of demonstrator. 

 The requirements for admission to this college will be high and 

 everything be done in first-class style. 



Sweating. — It has recently been shown that microbes of quite 

 a number of diseases are eliminated in sweating and it is believed 

 that in several diseases this is the chief means by which the system 

 rids itself of these injurious organisms. Brunner sterilized the 

 skin of animals and then produced in Xho^xwatithrax. micrococcus 

 prodiglosiis^ and staphylococcus atireus. In each case he found 

 the microbes in both sweat and saliva. It is believed that if sucli 

 infected sweat is not washed off' promptly, the microbes are liable 

 to be reabsorbed. Hence, a new and urgent reason for cleanliness 

 and for a frequent change and disinfection of garments in case of 

 infectious diseases. 



Pasteur Institute. — At 178 W. roth st.. New York city, is a 

 Bacteriological Institute, under the directon of Dr. Paul Gibier, 

 for the preventive inoculation of hydrophobia patients. During 

 its second year, ending Feb. iS. 1892, it treated 574 persons who 

 had been bitten by dogs. cats, or other animals, but 461 of these 

 cases w^ere not actually hydrophobic. Three persons who had 

 been treated nevertheless died of hydrophobia, but it is estimated 

 that seventy would have died had none been subjected to this kind 

 of treatment. The report (of four pages only) is interesting. 



