The evening world., 1894-04-19
MICROTOMY IS A FINE ART.
THOrGH THE MICROTOMIsT CUTS
VERY SMALL FIGURE.
lie Cuts All kinds of Queer Things
for Examination.

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appreciation Of the amateur, who rangeth
where he listcth. knowing all things and
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| p''tN'"S an '"'ns'' i"e P',"'
| familiar with the name OF the ART
the fame of the microtomist Is not nJiscd
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'"' ''' o1v VIZ arr -, ,,.r.o,,
glass slips with col" Denm 'n'r''"'
loss I'm numhcr ,bnn those who gather
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whIkinH-sticks or rejoice III ,h' ',''''e
Of brasses. Gays the Pail Mall Budget,
Indeed cnll.c,in,, il almost unknown.
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| thoush why people Shou'h '"ll''' ''"'''
and leave these things alone surpass"s
our IMAGINATION, A dny VIII come, how
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ever wheh sides for tue ii'''roSVop. "s
the early masters who are even yet llN'hS
mni oe as '"Sp,a' so"e ,,, ,,,,os ar
| treasured as were ever p'oh p'n''s VI
violins. Pity 1t Is they worked In can
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| II Is even possible that the rehu''
needs to be told what this microtomy
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ART OF cutting lhcohc'iNap'H thlh se'''o't
of every conceivable substance. There Is
| nothing one may not cut. save one
frends-your fingers always volunteer oil
their own accord sooner or later, put
some things are unlawful as, for In
stance, tn" coin of the ream), and some
are not convenient tas the tail OF lSe
lion. Moreover the thing cut must be
mounted cunningly on glass SIP, i9r
the end for which the section Exists Is
to be examined under inicr9scope.
IT one would see some nlcrotonls,
work let him seek medicaI s'uueIt
possessed or n microscope. Inc saIle
viii show him number OF glass SIPS
three inches long, perhaps, by three
quarters wide: These VIII be labelled.
one, muscle another, Sciatic iSeINe,
third, Scalp OF Child, ana tourth,
cats Liver. such names DO not lead
| thls makes the art ana beauty dii the
more charming ~ au.u
In the centre OF each OF these SIPS
| covered by an extremely thin circular
OF mater the size perhhps' Oh 'ne n ,htu
OF I'm taGk, OF shialier, a.iu 81 , fihb
as 20 De aitosetner trhnsRaisht. ara a,e
~. let us say your cat hVeE Stner "a
ilzel py the nlicr3.oiii,s.' chuJ iro,ia g
microscopes IL mas tne ar OF a cirSu ia q
s sn glass wihuow. .ne ee'rs w ', nf
go,ueh PINK, ana .ne DIVERSE uioot sor 81.
sels, Oh "Hicn tnere aIu ILL., i $3.50 .H,
appear, II ihJeG,eu az p,ah ar rs.s, ma
Oh re eri,nso r D,ue s nm9 osn the Madonnns
~ 'i'v o'u nra i,,mhts;, VII ~ hair
IL III eN Yen, hrne, ,ns.ts u graanish cuticie
i,nG s.uus ia sS r,noi tiasva be
an. suhset-tihteu suo-uerria' ''sSue oe-
| ny 4, o,,,,,, ,,,. ,,,,,h suo, a, infinite
- ooS,ous ,.iai orntnrniat must
variety Oh l'a.erna te nr; G,o ~ in tn
, r,eeus i Sn,, ,bfnu hs MS viii n COM
ments. some tthihgs ne cuts WIN vod',
mon ra%or IL, ms Iaan, suTm , ;' fnhhy
pe o. urn cuhs,saeHuy' ne,a,e ,himsa'
hor o'',e. Soi'e hsa'" 'ttts ,hings ho
| ne Su.S WIN p,ui,s' i',.nis inns ~
cai'hot noiu ne iinoeds II. W WA or aa,s q
or inc pin OF me eluer. ana 30 sets
i,hge ger, that may Ge grahspTn amu us cHs
solt suph'hnce, sucn as human iIiuscle,
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Of i in suitable fluid; or he takes i,
fresh ,,, ana almost i,Ning; ana freezes !,
nT hr upon a metal SAP by means OIL
"A rock Is cut INTO thin SLICES by iapi
darys wheel u r1tatinE else OF stee
made Keen by rubbing diamond poWaeii
to piece Of glass and gradualiy rub6et
Rsx, qn S sn65 r1nS
IN hard substances. He PARTICULAR!
breads and reJoiGes over such brittl'
substances as coal. One would expec
} mere blackness OF coal even at IT'S thin
{ nest. but there are certain Goals from
Scotland which. when cut, reveal my
RAIDS of little hattened cases OF
the spore shed long since by the tree
which perished to form our coal seams.
There are In London perhaps half {
hundred or more human beings who i've
= by this unknown art. one we know o
q plies his trade in a little den high abov,
the roar of the Strand. He sits at his
= window facing the light, watch-glasse
g and little shallow dishes full of stains
n around him, microscope and micromete
ready to hand. sometimes amid heav,
aroma of ether from the freezing micro
q tome, and sometimes reminding on
oddly OF pine trees and wide mountain
) slopes, with the resinous smell of hi
5 Canada balsam. All about him ar,
A little bottles-innumerabl little bottles
labelled skin OF toad" "orange pips,
Z 'pne lnnorescence," "lancelet. Kitten
lung" "tumor' and the like, or, rather
n, unlike, some of them fit ingredients 70
. the brew of the witch. One whole shel
e presently catches the eve labelled Mrs
It Webster and In smaller letters tn
- part of Mrs Webster is specified
IL He relates a gruesome story in n ton
n of pathetic regret; how this Mrs We'll
e ster was a landlady of his who die
suddenly-''poor old lalv''-anI wa
post mortemed' by confidentio
lie friend. so | took these little memen
n toes" he saws. waving his hand ~ ~
shelf. II is n grim AMI sordih fate for
landlady that she should he necuiate
by her own iodger and retoilad ~ ga
9d and Is. n Slice accorSIny 70 ~
choiceness OF the parts put tbero az az
r those who suspect our ,picrotnmis. =
10 having obtained his human ma terial !