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degree in medicine took up the microscopical study of the 

 mosses as a part of the work of the Syracuse Botanical 

 Club, and later was elected an honorary member of that 

 club. During the years 1882-84 he was president of the 

 Microscopical Club of Central New York. He is a cor- 

 responding member of the Rochester Academy of Sci- 

 ences and is an active member of the Syracuse Camera 

 Club. He became a member of the American Micros- 

 copical Society under "Its earlier name (American Society 

 of Microscopists) in 1882. He has attended the majority 

 of the annual meetings since then, often as the writer 

 well knows at considerable inconvenience. He has fur- 

 nished articles to the Journal of the Royal Microscopi- 

 cal Society and to photographic journals, and in nearly 

 every volume of the proceedings of the society of which 

 he is now president may be found one or more articles 

 from his pen. The article in the proceedings for 1886 

 "Photo- micrograph versus Micro-photograph," furnished 

 the information on which the definitions of the words in 

 the Century Dictionary and in Dr. G. M. Gould's Illus- 

 trated Dictionary of Medicine are founded. The Syra- 

 cuse solid watch glass for microscopical purposes de- 

 signed by him finally solved the problem of a watch 

 glass for the microscopist and there is hardly a histolog- 

 ical or microscopical laboratory in the country that does 

 not count these watch glasses as an indispensable part of 

 its equipment. 



From the above it is seen that the President of the 

 American Microscopical Society has the esteem and con- 

 fidence of the great Medical Profession, that his sympa- 

 thies are broad, that he has been a friend and active 

 member of the society for many years, and in entrusting 

 him with its highest official position the society con- 

 gratulates itself upon having a wise and earnest leader, 

 a leader whose enthusiasm and willingness to work for 



