The American Monthly Microscopical Journal, Volume 2Romyn Hitchcock, 1881 - Microscopy |
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Page 217 - Bacillus malaria, or some other of the minute organisms associated with it, is not the active agent in the causation of malarial fevers in man. On the other hand there are many circumstances in favor of the hypothesis that the etiology of these fevers is connected directly or indirectly, with the presence of these organisms or their germs in the air and water of malarial localities.
Page 217 - Tommasi-Crudeli ; but there is no satisfactory evidence that these, or any other of the bacterial organisms found in such situations, when injected beneath the skin of a rabbit, give rise to a malarial fever corresponding with the ordinary paludal fevers to which man is subject.
Page 173 - There is a thorn; it looks so old, In truth you'd find it hard to say, THE THORN. How it could ever have been young, It looks so old and grey. Not higher than a two years...
Page 152 - ... goat, wherever the question is narrowed down by the circumstances of the case to these limits. 2d. By the method I have devised we can measure the size of the corpuscles and apply the two corroborative tests of tincture of guaiac'um with ozonized ether and of spectrum analysis to a single particle of blood-clot weighing less than one fifteenthousandth part of a grain, a quantity barely visible to the naked eye. 3d. Hence, when an ignorant criminal attempts to explain suspicious...
Page 152 - That in unaltered blood stains as ordinarily produced by the sprinkling of drops of blood upon clothing, leather, wood, metal, etc., we can by tinting with aniline or iodine distinguish human blood corpuscles from those of the ox. pig, horse, sheep and goat, wherever the question is nan-owed down by the circumstances of the case to these limits.
Page 229 - Journ., ii. (1881) p. 227. varnish " in 2 parts of pure benzole. Apply a drop or two of the solution to a slide, and in a few seconds, or as soon as the varnish has set, press the wing of the butterfly gently upon the slide, and then carefully lift it away. The scales will be found transferred to the slide in their beautiful natural arrangement * on the wing. Make a shallow cell around the mounting and apply the cover-glass. Canada balsam must not be used, as it disarranges the object.
Page 96 - If a person orders his paper discontinued, he must pay .all arrearages, or the publisher may continue to send it until payment is made, and collect the whole amount, whether it be taken from the office or not.
Page 100 - The purpose of this laboratory is to afford opportunities for the study and observation of the development, anatomy, and habits of common types of marine animals, under suitable direction and advice. There will, therefore, be no attempt during the coming summer to give any stated course of instruction or lectures.