Vol. XT, No. 6. 



JUNE, T890. 



No. 126. 



The American 



MOJSTHLY 



MICROSCOPIML JOUmilll 



CONTAINING 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO BIOLOGY. 



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CONTENTS 



(jriffith Cluh Microscope (Illustrated). — 



GrII FITH. 



The Annual Soiree of the Washington 

 Microscopical Society. — Smiley. 



Some Practical Business Applications of 

 the Microscope. — Gaertner. 



American Society of Microscopists — De- 

 troit Meeting. — Fell. 



The Preparation of Microscopical Sections 

 tVom Barks and Roots. — Cole. 



riie Life-IIistory of Micro -Organisms, 

 with its Relation to the Theory of 

 Evolution.— Re YHURX. 



The Condition of\'ariation.— Blanciiard. 



An Interesting Experiment with the Mi- 

 croscope. — DURANO. 



Medical Microscopy. — Artificial Culti- 

 vation of Ringworm Fungus. Pa- 



thology of Cliorea. 'J'ransfonnation 

 of Microbes. SomTes. of Puerperal 

 Wound Infection. Technical Methods 

 for the Central Nervous System. 

 Plasmodium Malarise. The Bacillus 

 of Diphtheria. 



Editorial. — Blanchard. Slides Received. 



Notes.— Preservation of Desmids. Peni- 

 cillium Glaucum and Corrosive Subli- 

 mate. Oidium Albicans. Microscop\ 

 at the Paris Exhibition. A Powerful 

 Objective. 



Microscopical Societies. — Essr 

 County, N. J. St. Louis. San Frai. 

 cisco. 



Book Notices. — D. II. Montgomery. 



Sri!scRii!ERs' Notices. 



Chas. W. Smiley, Publisher, Washington, D. C. 

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