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SUMMARY OF CURRENT RESEARCHES RELATING TO 
New Apparatus for Cutting Paraffin Cubes.* — Such pieces of 
apparatus are usually accessories of the microtome, more or less 
troublesome to manage, and dangerous to the fingers. Prof. Eternod, 
with the help of his assistant, M. Jaccavd, has tried to design a special 
instrument for tliis purpose, consisting (fig. 116) of (1) a guillotine A, 
Fig. 116. 
a horizontal carrier C, 
with r vertical slides; (2) a razor B; (3) , , ,, 
(4) moved by a screw of special precision D ; (5) surmounted by the 
bearer E. of the plug-carrier ; (6) a graduated and pivoted dial F giving 
the exact angle required for the sections. 
* Zeitschr. f. wisa. Mikr., xv. (1899) pp. 421-5 (5 figs.). 
