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Secretary, William C. Krauss, M. D., F. R. M. S., Buffalo, 

 N. Y.; Treasurer, Mag-nus Pflaum, Pittsburj^-, Pa., and 

 the elective members of the executive committee are A. A. 

 Young-, M. D., Newark, N. Y., Mrs. S. P. Gag-e, Ithaca, 

 N. Y., W. P. Manton, M. U., F. R. M. S., Detroit, Mich. 



MICROSCOPICAL NOTES. 



Assistant Microscopist Wanted. — The United States 

 civil service commission held an examination at the post 

 ofi&ces in Boston, Mass., Indianapolis, Ind., and Chicag-o, 

 111., on October 30 for the position of assistant microscopist. 

 The salary of the position is S600 per annum, and only 

 women above the ag-e of twenty w^ere admitted to the 

 examination. The subjects of the examination were as fol- 

 lows: Orthog-raphy, penmanship, cop3'ing-, letter writing 

 and arithmetic. It is desirable that applicants should 

 have a knowledg^e of the use of the microscope. 



The Association of American Agricultural Colleges met 

 in Washing-ton, D. C, on November 10th, 11th and 12th. 



The University of the State of New York has decided 

 that after January 1, 1897, no deg-rees B. A. or A. B. shall be 



conferred causa honoris. 



Diphtheria is prevailing to an unusual deg-ree in London, 

 the mortality from the disease during the first w^eek in 

 October havings been g-reater than that of any week this 

 year. 



A Statue to Pasteur has been unveiled at Alais, in the 

 center of the French silkworm district. 



A journal of medicine is going- to be started in Edin- 

 burg-h. This new monthly publication is to represent the 

 Scottish medical profession. 



The great cyclone w^hich passed over Paris, September 

 loth, damaged to the extent of 75,000 francs the Musee 

 d'Histoire Naturelle. 



