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THE AMERICAN MONTHLY 



[August, 



Miss Sophia Howard, M. D., of Fair- 

 port, N. Y., who is the third female 

 member of the Society. 



The election of officers for the next 

 meeting resulted as follws : Presi- 

 dent, George E. Blackham, M. D., of 

 Dunkirk, N. Y.; Vice-Presidents, Les- 

 ter Curtis, M. D., Chicago, 111.; T. H. 

 Up de Graff, M. D., Elmira, N. Y. ; 

 Secretary, Prof. D. S. Kellicott, of 

 Buffalo, N. Y. ; Executive Committee: 

 E. H. Griffith, of Fairport, N. Y. ; 

 Robert Dayton, M. D., of Cleveland, 

 O.; Prof. Albert McCalla, of Fairfield, 

 Iowa. 



Dr. Blackham accepted the tender 

 of the Presidency in a brief and ap- 

 propriate speech. 



The reading of papers according to 

 the following programme was then 

 resumed : " On the Inervation of the 

 Lung," by Dr. A. M. Bleile,of Colum- 

 bus, O. " Notes on Lerneocera Tor- 

 tua," by D. S. Kellicott, ofBuffalo, N. 

 Y. " Should Homogeneous Immer- 

 sion Objectives be Made Ajustable or 

 Non-adjustable?" by Dr. George E. 

 Blackham, of Dunkirk, N. Y. 



The afternoon session was devoted 

 to miscellaneous business and the in- 

 formal discussion of methods of work. 



Mr. E. H. Griffith moved a vote of 

 thanks to the Rochester Academy of 

 Sciences for the invitation to that city 

 for the next session, and expressed 

 the hope that at some future time the 

 Society may enjoy their hospitality. 



An informal invitation was pre- 

 sented by Mr. Bulloch, in behalf of 

 the Illinois State Microscopical So- 

 ciety, asking the American Society to 

 hold the session of 1883 in Chicago. 



On motion, the Committee on Eye- 

 pieces was continued, with the addi- 

 tion of President Blackham, and ins- 

 tructed to report next year. 



Mr. E. H. Griffith, renewed his 

 offer of a prize to be given to the best 

 paper on the adulteration of some 

 article of food or medicine, as de- 

 tected by the microscope. 



The Treasurer's report was then 

 read, showing a balance of over $500 

 in the treasury. It was approved and 

 accepted. 



The Society proceeded to the in 

 formal discussion of instruments an 

 apparatus, at the close of which it 

 adjourned to meet in Elmira, N. Y., 

 in August, 1882. 



I 



Notes on Microscopical Tech- 

 nology. 



BY C. E. HANAMAN. 



{Continued?) 

 For a number of years (see Ameri- 

 can Naturalist, Vol. XII, pp. 573 and 

 574) I have been in the habit of keep- 

 ing upon my work-table one or more 

 grooved blocks, like that shown in 

 Fig. 27, in which cover-glasses, that 



Fig. 27. 



have been selected for immediate use, 

 are supported on their edges, and 

 from which they can easily be taken 

 by the forceps. By the use of these 

 blocks it is possible to avoid the evil 

 thoughts which are apt to arise in 

 one's mind, when, having cleaned 

 a number of covers, preparatory 

 to mounting, and leaned them 

 against various convenient but un- 

 suitable supports, it is found that some 

 of them have slid down on the table 

 and are soiled, or have been acci- 

 dently broken, when the preparations 

 are ready to receive them. 



I have also found it convenient, 

 when a lot of covers have been 

 cleaned, to keep them in drawers or 

 boxes filled with narrow strips of new, 

 white blotting-paper, between which 

 the covers are placed on edge, as 



