THE AMERICAN 
MONTHLY 
MICROSCOPICAL JOURNAL. 
Entered at the post-office as second-class matter. 
VOL, XXII]. FEBRUARY, 1901, NO, 2, 
CONTENTS. 
Recent Knowledge of the Bubonic Plague. William C. Dob- 
RR is Bs he aed fcc. saceenle 31-42 
NotrEs By L. H. PAMMEL.—Auto-intoxication ; Karyokinesis ; 
Bubonic Plague; Plant Hybridization; Starches 42-44 
MICROSCOPICAL MANIPULATION.—Angle of Microtome Knife; 
Patches on Sycamore Leaves; Micro-chemical Proof of Cop- 
Oo Fe EOE IIS AAS ELE ES SES Rote CPA SOL 2 Al MERC IDEA Loe OS DRNNS RR Pes Fae A 57-58 
NEw PUBLICATIONS.—Microscopy of Drinking Water; Text- 
Book of Inorganic Chemistry ; A Microscopical Analysis of 
ee coc ih ek ee A ae ie 58-60 
Recent Knowledge of the Bubonic Plague. 
BY WILLIAM C. DOBSON, M, D, 
This article includes also a review of the recently pub- 
lished Teat-Book upon the Pathegenic Bacteria, for Stu- 
dents of Medicine, and Physicians, By Joseph McFar- 
land, M. D., Professor of Pathology in the Medico-Chir- 
urgical College, Philadelphia. Third Edition, Revised and 
Enlarged. 8vo. pp. 621. Illustrated with 142 Engrav- 
ings and 3 plates. Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders & Co. 
1900. Price $3.25 net. 
Part I of this work devotes a chapter to each of the fol- 
lowing subjects, viz. Bacteria ; Biology of Bacteria ; In- 
fection and Intoxication; Immunity and Susceptibility ; 
Methods of Observing Bacteria ; Sterilization and Disin- 
fection; Cultivation of Bacteria; Cultures and their Study; 
