156 SUMMARY OF CUREENT RESEARCHES RELATING TO 



Feancotte, p. — Microtomes et methodes d'inclusion, I. (Microtomes and methods 

 of imbedding.) 

 [Describes Thoma's Microtome and various methods already published.] 



Bull. Soc. Belg. Micr., X. (1884) pp. 55-63 (1 fig. and 1 pi.). 

 Freeman, H. E. — Cutting Glass-circles. 



[Perforated wooden slips and writing diamond with turned Y>omi, the thin glass 

 to rest on plate-glass ; very little pressure on diamond; it is better to leave 

 the circles a day or two before breaking them out of the glass.] 



Journ. of Microscopy, III. (1884) p. 47. 

 G., W. B. — Cement for obi'ects mounted in spirits of wine. 



[Same as ante, Vol. til. (1883) p. 613. The cement a " secret."] 



Midi. Natural, VI. (1883) p. 282. 

 Gage, S. H. — Cataloguing, labeling, and storing Microscopical preparations. 

 [Vol. III. (1883) p. 924.] 



Proc. Amer. Sue. Micr., 6th Ann. Meeting, 1883, pp. 169-74 (2 figs.). 



Discussion, pp. 236-8. 

 ,, „ and Smith, T. — Serial Microscopic Sections. [^Fost.'] 



Medical Student (N.Y.) I. (1883) pp. 14-6. 



GiiiLiATT, H. — Some remarks on the action of Tannin on Infusoria. 

 [Vol. III. (1883) p. 861.] 



Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, VIII. (1883) pp. 383-6. 

 Grant, F. — Microscopic Mounting. 



IV. Section Cutting, Staining, &c. 



[1. Sections. 2. Section Cutting. 3. Staining. 4. Various practical 

 details.] 



Engl. MecL, XXXVIII. (1883) pp. 285-6. 



V. The Use of Reagents. 



[1. The use of Eeagents in general. 2. Glycerine and Syrup. 3. Acids 

 and Alkalis.] 



Engl. Mech., XXXVIII. (1883) pp. 365-7. 



VI. Chloroform. — Vegetable Objects. 



[1. Chloroform or Benzol, for thinning Canada balsam. 2. Non-fructifying 

 organs of higher plants. 3. Ways in which vegetable sections should 

 be cut. 4. Bleaching. 5. Staining.] 



Engl. Mech., XXXVIII. (1884) pp. 386-8. 



VII. Staining. 



[1. Staining in general. — Transient stains. 2. Metallic impregnations. — 

 Diffuse, bioplasmic, and special tissue stains. 3. Hsematoxylin and 

 Carmine. 4. Indigo Carmine, Aniline, and Phthalein stains. 5. Double 

 staining. ] 



E7igl. Mech., XXXVIII. (1884) pp. 449-50. 

 Griffith, E. H. — Practical Helps. 



[Ringing slides — Photograph slides — Mounts without covers — Arranging 

 Diatoms, post.'] 



The Microscope, III. (1883) pp. 204-6. 

 H., H. — Microscopic Mounting. 



Engl. Mech., XXXVIII. (1883) p. 266. 

 Haacke, W. — Ueber das Montiren von Alcoholpraparaten. (On the mounting of 

 alcohol preparations.) 

 [For microscopic objects for Museums.] Zool. Anzeig. VI. (1883) pp. 694-5, 



Hamlin, F. M. — The microscopical examination of seminal stains on clotli. 



[Describes a new process, as " Koblanck's method, with its soakings and 

 manipulations, tends to destroy so many of the spermatozoa as to lessen 

 greatly the certainty of finding them."] 

 Proc. Amer. Soc. Micr., 6th Ann. Meeting, pp. 21-5. Discussion, pp. 220-5. 

 „ „ The preparation and mounting of Foraminifera, with de- 



scription of a new slide for opaque objects. \^Post.'] 



Proc. Amer. Soc. Micr., 6tii Ann. Meeting, pp. 65-8, 



