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 patients in the presence of the observers, and immediately examined under the very best microscopes. The same appearances have been found in the blood of patients by other observers after having been pointed out; so that there cannot be any doubt but that certain new pathological appearances have been discovered and brought into notice, only the question arises as to the interpretation to be placed upon them. If he is rightly understood, he does not ask for his statements to be received and swallowed clown whole; he wishes other observers to enter this new field, and, by a large number of careful studies, extended over a comparatively long period of time, to establish the truth or falsity of his conclusions.

"We have always heard a great deal about 'bad blood.' It is one of the most satisfactory diagnoses to the sick. They are willing to undergo a process of cleansing the blood by medicine, believing that they will not be cured until the detergent operation has been performed; but if you ask what is meant by 'bad blood,' you will find it difficult to receive an answer which is specific. But the doctor comes forward and gives a clear response by saying, that in 'bad blood' are found certain definite, positive, specific, morphological characteristics and bodies, such as cystine, oxalate of lime, etc., which are foreign and pathological, and which, by their presence and admixture, render the blood abnormal, that is, bad. "It is easy to see, should these discoveries be confirmed received, and established, among the medical profession, how accurate and scientific the practice of medicine would become in certain complaints now considered self-limited, and subjected to expectant treatment. There would be a physical cause to remove; something to take away and something to restore. For the sake, then, of suffering humanity, and of the medical profession, we hope that he may receive a candid, impartial, and exhaustive hearing and trial by those who are the most competent to judge of such things; and if our author comes out of the ordeal sustained, we shall be safe in saying of him that he will rank as one of the greatest medical discoverers and benefactors."

"The other new and interesting metals which we find in our collection are lithium, thallium, and indium. The first of these is of a white color, and fuses at 180°. It is the lightest metal known,