1887. | ~ MICROSCOPICAL JOURNAL. 97 
MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETIES. 
Resolutions of the Cleveland Microscopical Society in regard to the death of Allen 
Y. Moore, M. D.: 
Whereas for the second time in the history of this Society the visitation of Provi- 
dence has removed from our midst by death one of our most valued members and 
personal friends in the person of Dr. Allen Y. Moore, who died April 16th, 1887, after 
a brief illness ; 
And whereas we, the members of the Cleveland Microscopical Society, desire to 
express our heartfelt sorrow at the decease of our esteemed fellow-member and our 
sympathy with the bereavement of his relatives and friends: therefore 
Resolved, That in the death of our lamented friend and member, Allen Y. Moore, 
M. D., this Society has suffered the loss of one of its most earnest and valued mem- 
bers, whose labors and studies in microscopical science and whose unwearied interest 
and efforts in the work of this Society has contributed largely to its success and greatly 
sustained and encouraged the interest of his fellow-members, and the science of micro- 
scopy has lost an earnest devotee and an energetic and original investigator, whose 
researches have advanced in no small degree the store of knowledge upon which the 
useful and reliable use of the microscope depends. 
Resolved, That in the death of our deceased member we feel the loss of a genial 
friend, endeared to us personally by his many estimable qualities of mind and heart. 
Resolved, That our warmest sympathies are extended to his bereaved family and 
relatives, whose loss so far overshadows ours, who are called upon to mourn not only 
their beloved one but his removal from his field of usefulness at a time when his marked 
abilities gave promise of distinction and increased usefulness to science and his pro- 
fession. 
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to his family and to the 
American Society of Microscopists, and furnished to the press and microscopical jour- 
nals for publication. | 
Resolved, That a suitable memorial be prepared and spread upon the record of the 
Society. 
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BROOKLYN MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY. 
This Society, organized in 1880, has grown to be one of the most flourishing asso- 
ciations in the State. Its object has been comparison of work and methods by infor- 
mal methods, at bi-monthly meetings, rather than the discussion of set topics and 
papers. It numbers about seventy-five members, and includes all the prominent sci- 
entists, physicians, and amateurs in Brooklyn. On Tuesday evening, April Ig, a 
reception was given at the hall of the Adelphi Academy, and a throng of ladies and 
gentlemen accepted the invitations. Sixty-eight microscopes were arranged on tables 
in the spacious hall of the Academy. The instruments were numbered and the cata- 
logue informed the observer of the object and exhibitor. The exhibits bore testithony 
to the care of preparation, as well as the skill in instrumental manipulation and illu- 
mination by the members, and the selection of slides by the committee in charge 
does them credit. 
Space forbids a detailed description of the objects shown, but a few deserve special 
mention. Dr. J. H. Hunt exhibited two fine injected specimens, transverse and hor- 
izontal, of the scalp, showing hair follicles surrounded by arteries. Mr. H. S. Wood- 
man showed the reflection of the second-hand of a watch in each facet of the beetle’s 
eye. The definition of this display was particularly fine. Mr. Joseph Ketchum ex- 
hibited four stands: asparagin by polarized light, double-stained and injected section 
of cat’s intestine, showing arteries in villi; bacteria of cholera; and a superb slide of 
arranged polycestina. The illumination of this table was by means of a portable 
oxy-calcium lamp recently devised by Mr. Ketchum, and which, when packed, occu- 
pied a case only thirteen inches long by six inches square. The oxygen cylinder was 
3 x 12 inches long and contained four hours’ supply; the illumination was very fine. 
Mr. H. E. Fincke exhibited four of the instruments made by the Bausch & Lomb 
Optical Company, and which were greatly admired. Mr. H. E. Chapman presented 
plant hairs (Shepherdia canadensis) with polarized light, which elicited an ‘Oh! my!" 
from every lady inspector. 
Prof. W. C. Peckham had a table to himself, on which were four splendidly-equipped 
