lOGO SUMMARY OF CURRENT RESEARCHES, ETC. 



bacteria, Ac, contained in air, both as to kind and number, the anthor 

 niaiutaius that his method gives better results than any other. 



Investigating the Effect of Eemedies by the Microscope.* — A new 

 method of research, says Dr. Schncidcmiihl, lias been proposed by 

 Prof. Ellen berger and Dr. Baum, who by means of the Microscope study 

 the cflFect of drugs on organs. The remedies or drugs were administered 

 to animals, and these having been killed, their livers were sectioned in 

 order to find out if the liver cells showed the regular dark granulation 

 of rest, or if on account of increased activity, they showed only faint 

 granulation at their periphery. The hepatic activity was found to bo 

 stimulated by pilocarpin, muscarin, aloes, salicylate of soda, benzoate 

 of soda, while atropin, suljihate of magnesia, acetate of lead, hydro- 

 chlorate of ammonia, and calomel were inhibitory. 



'Annales de Micrographie.' — This new monthly journal seems likely 

 to prove a useful addition to microscopical literature. It is edited by 

 Dr. Miquel, Chief of the Micrographical Service of the Municipal Obser- 

 vatory of Moutsouris, Paris, assisted by Dr. Fabrc-Doniergue and M. E. 

 de Freudeureieh. It is intended to be devoted to Bacteriology, Proto- 

 phyta, and Protozoa, and it will contain both original ai'ticles and 

 abstracts of French and foreign papers. 



B o w E B, F. O. — A Course of Practical Instruction in Botany. Part I. 



[Chap. I. deals with the imxking of pn-panitions and tlie adjustiuoiitof the Micro- 

 scope; Chap. II., practical cxercidcs ; Chap. III., Micro-chemical reactions, 

 &c.] '2Dd od., Svo, London, 1888. 



Jaksch. R. V. — Manuel de diagnostic des maladies internes par les methodes 

 bacteriologiques, cMmiques et microscopiques. Trad, par J.. Moulc. (Manual of 

 the diagnosis of internal diseases by bacteriological, chemical, and microscopical 

 methods. Translated by L. Moule.) 



xix. and 355 pp., 108 figs., Svo, Paris, 1888. 

 Kellicott, D. S. — Presidential Address to the American Society of Micro- 

 scopists, Columbus, O., 1888. 



[The nature of Protozoa and lessons of these simplest atiiraals.] 



The Microscope, VIII. (1888) pp. 289-309. 



K V H N E, H. — Praktische Anleitung zum mikroskopischen Nachweis der Bakterien 



im thierischen Gewebe. (Practical Guide to the microscojiical demonstration of 



Bacteria in animal tissues.) vi. and 44 pp., Svo, Leipzig, 1888. 



Latham, V. A. — The Microscope and how to use it. 



[XV. Practical hints on histology, i^pccial methods for examination of the 

 spintd cord, brain, &c. Contiii'ted^ 



Jvurn. of Microscopxj, I. (1888) pp. 249-54. 

 Man TON, "W. P. — Rudiments of Practical Embryology. Continued. 



The Microscope, VIII. (1888) pp. 278-9. 

 Microscopic Manipulation. Scientific News, II. (1888) pp. 512-3. 



MiQUEL, P. — Des precedes usites pour le dosage des bacteries atmospheriques. 

 (The methods used for determining the percentage of atmospheric bacteria.) 



Ann. Instit. Pasteur, 1888, pp. 364-73. 

 Whelp LEY, H. M. — Microscopical Examination of Drugs. 



Amer. Mon. Micr. Journ., IX. (188S) pp. 203-5. 

 Wothschall, E. — Tleber die mikrochemischen Eeactionen des Solanin. (On the 

 micro-chemical reactions of Solanin.) 



Zeitsckr.f. Wiss. Mikr., V. (1888) pp. 19-38, 182-95. 



* Zeitschr. f. Naturwiss., Ixi. (1888) pp. 212-3. 



