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...micro-vivisection" apparatus so delicate that it enables scientists to dissect living cells has been perfected by Professor C. E. Tharaldsen, of the Department of Zoology, Northwestern University. It consists of a brass lever moved by three finely adjusted screws, manipulating special glass needles which can be brought to bear upon a cell suspended in a drop of nutrient fluid under the lens of the microscope. The needles, the essential part of the machine, are finer than hairs and are formed like a "J" or an "L." The apparatus is superior to similar devices now in use, in that...
...tuberculosis, was the first to recognize that there were distinct differences between the bovine and human tubercle bacilli, and contributed to our knowledge of hog cholera, anaphylaxis, contagious abortion of cattle and streptococcic sore throat. He discovered several new parasites of the lower animals, one of them the micro-organism of blackhead in turkeys, a disease of large economic importance. This discovery will help reduce the cost of Thanksgiving dinners. He has devised many laboratory procedures; one of these, the fermentation tube, is universally used by bacteriologists for the study of gas formation by bacteria...
Professor Theobald Smith of Harvard University is the representative of the United States selected as a member of the international committee to award the first of the Emil Chr. Hansen prizes for research in medical micro-biology. The other two members of the committee are Professor Gaffky of Berlin, Germany, and Professor Calmette of Lille, France...
Professor Theobald Smith, M.D., LL.D., professor of comparative pathology in the University, will deliver a series of lectures on "Our Defense Against the Micro-organisms of Disease," at the Lowell Institute in Boston. The first lecture, on "The Evolution of Disease," will be given this evening at 8 o'clock. These lectures are open to the public, and tickets may be secured free of charge by applying by mail to the Curator of the Lowell Institute, 491 Boylston street, Boston, enclosing one stamped and addressed envelope for each ticket desired...
March 19--How Micro-organisms Produce Disease...