190 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY [May 



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 diag-nosis, and to this end as larg-e 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 g-rowth, 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. — Drug-g-ist 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- 

 all}' picked out a strong- instrument — his next best micro- 

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

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

 months which followed, only one person of all the hundreds 

 takings a peep, put a fing-er on the adjustment. Mr. Stedem 

 first took up the ordinar}^ house-fly, and week by week 

 showed leg-s, feet, head, wing-s 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 g-erms, what is to hinder the display of the diph- 

 theria g^erm, 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 

 oug-ht to be considerable. — Bulletin of Pharmacy. 



