614 SUMMARY OF CURRENT RESEARCHES, ETC. 



Piffard's (B.) Series of mounted objects illustrating Botanical Structures. — 

 " Micro-slides for Science Classes ." 

 [3, 4, 5 or 9 objects on each slide — "a true botanical multum in parvo, and 

 their neatness and high finish render them almost artistic objects."] 



Sci.-Gossip, 1883, p. 158. 

 Keeves, H. a. — How to fix Aniline Dyes. [^PostJ] 



The ilicroscope, III. (1883) pp. 53-4, from British Medical Journal. 

 SiNEL & Co.'s Embryological Specimens for the Microscope. 



[Description and recommendation.] Sci.-Gossi2:i, 1883, pp. 137-8. 



Slack, H. J. — Pleasant Hours with the Microscope. 

 [^Bacillus tuberculosis, &c. ; Rotifers ; Infusoria.] 



Knowledge, III. (1883) pp. 322-3 (9 figs.), 358-9 (3 figs.), 383-4 ; 



IV. pp. 17-18 (6 figs.). 

 Thompson, J. C. — On the Classification, Arrangement, and Labelling of Micro- 

 scopic Objects. 



[Eeport only of paper read before Liverpool Microscopical Society. Suggests 

 labels printed in red, green, and black, according to whether the specimen 

 belongs to the Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral kingdom.] 



Micr. News, IIL (1883) p. 206. 

 Thkelfall, R. — A new method of Mounting Sections. ISupra, p. 600.] 



Zool. Ameig., VI. (1883) pp. 300-1. 

 Van Eemengem, E.— Sur les me'thodesde culture des micro-organ ismes pathogenes. 

 (On the methods of culture of pathogenous micro-organisms.) 

 [Ee'sume' of paper to appear in the ' Annals.'] 



Bull. Soc. Belg. Micr., IX. (1883) pp. 105-19. 

 Ward, E. — Mounting objects " opaque " in balsam. \_Post.'] 



Micr. News, III. (1883) pp. 197-8. 

 Whitman, C. O. — The Hert wigs' Macerating Fluid. \_Post.'] 



Amer. Natural, XVII. (1883) pp. 806-7. 

 Whittell, H. T. — On mounting in glycerine, and on making cells of thin glass. 

 \_Post.'] Journ. Quek. Micr. Club, I. (1883) pp. 191-3. See also pp. 210-1. 

 Wilder, H. M. — Microscopical Examination of Drugs. 



The Microscope, III. (1883) pp. 81-4, from American Journal of Pharmacy. 



