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Aniericjiii Society of Microscopists — Detroit McM^tiiig. 



By GKO. K. fell, 



BUFFAl.l). N. y. 



The next meeting of the Society will be held at Detroit, Michi<^:iii, 

 August 13 to 15, inclusive. The outlook is most encouraging, as will 

 be seen from the papers already promised. The general session for the 

 reading of papers will be held in the elegant new l)uil(ling of the De- 

 troit College of Medicine, corner ol' St. Antoiue anil Catherine streets 

 and Gratiot avenue. 



Yucsdav A. J/., Aff^itsi J2, j8go. — The CouNention will open. 

 The Mayor of Detroit will tlelixer the address of welcome, to be fol- 

 lowed by the response of the President of the .Society. The afternoon 

 session will be devoted to the reading of papers and societ}' l)usiness. 

 In the evening will be held a conversazione at hotel headcjuaiters. 



Wednesday^ x\ngust IJ. — Forenoon and Afternoon: Reading and 

 discussion of papers and special topics. Evening: Annual address of 

 the President : Subject, " The Influence of Electricitv on Protoplasm." 



Thursday^ Aiignst 14. — Foren.oon : Reading and discussion of pa- 

 pers and special topics. Afternoon : Working session devoted to the 

 various technological features of microscopy as preparing, staining, 

 mounting of specimens, section-cutting, manij^ulative methods, etc. 

 These demonstrations are conductetl by experts in the diflerent branches 

 of work, and form a valuable feature <jf the meeting. Evening: Exhi- 

 bition of Microscopes and Objects. Popular in character, and tendered 

 by the Society to the citizens of Detroit. 



jFriday^ August ij. — Forenoon : Reading of papers, discussions, 

 society business. Afternoon : Reading of papers ; discussion until 4 

 P. M. Trip on the Detroit River, followed by an inspection of the 

 laboratories of Park, Davis & Co. (by invitation). Adjourned exer- 

 cises. 



(The members of the Society are specially requested that the enquiry 

 cards relating to the exhibition and working session lie filled out and 

 promptly returned. Through this courtesy the officers of the Society 

 are apprised of the receipt of the circular and of the probable attend- 

 ance ; and their lalior, which is cjuite extensive, is thereby somewhat 

 lightened.) 



Hotels. — The headquarters of the Society will be at the Hotel Nor- 

 mandie, prices ranging from $2.50 to $3.00 per day. The Russel 

 House and Hotel Cadillac are also open to the guests, at prices from 

 $3.00 to $4.00 per day. Cheaper accommodations may be obtained at 

 boarding-houses at rates from $1 .00 upw ards per day. 



Subjects for Discussion. — Representation of the Society at the 

 World's Fair, Chicago, 1893. Discussion to be opened by Ex-Gov. 

 Jacob D Cox, Cincinnati, Ohio ; Micrometry, by Prof. William A. 

 Rogers, Waterville, Me. ; Proposed Standing Committee on Medico- 

 Legal Microscopy, by Prof. Marshall D. Ewell, Chicago, 111. ; Uni- 

 formity in Tube Length, by Prof. Simon H. Gage, Ithaca, N. Y. ; The 

 Advisability of Adding more Members to the Publication Committee, 

 by Prof. D. S. Kellicott, Columbus, Ohio ; Proposed New Constitu- 

 tion, by Dr. William J. Lewis, Hartford, Conn. ; The Advisability of 

 Meeting at same time and place of the American Association for the 



