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IN the current number of the Quarterly Journal of Microscopic Science, Mr. F. T. Newton commences with a paper on he Structure of the Eye of the Lobster, his observation being the result of suggestions from Prof. Huxley. The structure of the eye is minutely discussed, and the accompanying illustrations are abundant. As a concluding remark, we read that “Notwithstanding all that has been written up to the present time concerning the mode of action of the compound arthropod eve, we are still unable satisfactorily to solve this difficult physiological problem.”—A paper by Prof. Betz, of Kieff, on the methods of investigating the structure of the central nervous system in Man, will be found of special interest, the hardening, cutting, and tinting of specimens being discussed.—M. Pasteur's new contributions to the theory of Fermentation, are translated from the “Comptes Rendus,” and Prof, H. L. Smith's paper on Arche-biosis and Heterogenesis, is reprinted from the Lens.—A Résumé, bv Mr. W. Archer, of recent observations on Parasitic Algie, is followed by Dr. Klein's Contributions to the Anatomy of Auerbach's Plexus in the Frog and Toad, and this by a valuable series of observations by Prof. Lister on the Natural History of Bacteria, in which a stridy of the life of Bacteria under different circumstances as regards the fluid, in which they grow, shows that their general appearance, size, and shape depend in great measure on the fluid in which they are growing, their removal from one to another fluid causing them to take on quite a different form, and their replacement the reassumption of the original condition. Many important facts are to be learned from this paper.—Mr. E. R. Lankester describes in detail the microscopic and spectroscopic appearances of a new Peach-coloured Bacterium, named by him Bacterium rubescens. The colouring matter he names Becterio-rubrin. This Bacterium does not generally occur in isolated plastids, but generally forming films, encrustations, or tufts, Most are laggregated in adherent masses, several excellent drawings of which accompany the paper.
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Scientific Serials . Nature 9, 19–20 (1873). https://doi.org/10.1038/009019a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/009019a0