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 human muscles; authracosis(«irbon deposit 

 in human lung). 



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



Dr. J. T. Sothorou — Foraminifera. 



Mr. JoseM. Yzuaga — Sectionof human skin (triple stain). 



The officers of the Society are : Dr. Collins Marshall, President. Hon. 

 A. A. Adee, Vice-President. Mr. H. H. Donbleday, 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 English word slide^ M. C. Schlumberg-er, 

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

 for May and June. Formerly they used the word porte 

 objet w\i\Q\\ 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 not 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-gests an instrument which is some- 

 thing other than a mere mechanical tool or appliance, 

 however peculiarly adapted to use it may be in scientific 



