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Needham, 112

Nematocarcinus, Walking-legs of, 37

Nematodum sp. ? 181

Newall Telescope, 209

Newsholme, Dr., 179

Newstead on Glossina tachinoides, 178

Newton, 88, 187

Noè and Grassi, Mode of infection for the Filaria immitis, 180

Nora, 86

Nordenskiöld, 26

Norwegian Ponies, 83 Whaling Companies, Establishment of, in the Shetlands, 43

Œdemia nigra, 5

Osborne, Joseph, 92

Ouseley, Sir Gore, 76

Oysters, Artificial rearing of, 13 Sale of, 11

Paars, 8

Packard, A. S., Metamorphosis of the house-fly, 176 Reinvestigations on the house-fly, 174

Paestum, Malarious district, 151

Paget, Sir George, 188

Panoplites, 180

Parasite, Malarial, Major Ross’s work on the, 125

Paris, École Normale, 104, 110, 117 Lycée Saint-Louis, 103, 104

Parker, Lieutenant, 22

Pasteur, Claude, 101 Claude-Étienne, 102 Denis, 101 Jean-Henri, 102 Jean-Joseph, 102 Character of, 103 Marriage to Jeanne-Étiennette Roqui, 103 Jeanne-Étiennette, Character of, 103 Louis, 101 Administrative work, 117 Appointed Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Science at Lille, 109 Professor of Chemistry at Strasbourg, 106 Scientific Director at the École Normale, 110 Awarded the ribbon of the Legion of Honour, 107 the Rumford Medal by the Royal Society, 107 Death, September 28, 1895, 126 Discovery of the attenuated virus, 122 Education at the École Normale, Paris, 104 at the Lycée Saint-Louis, Paris, 103, 104 at the Royal College of Franche-Comté at Besançon, 104 under Dumas and Balard, 104 Elected a foreign member of the Royal Society, 117 Member of the Academy of Sciences, 112 ‘Études sur la Bière,’ 119 Fermentation, Work on, 108, 119 Investigations into cholera, 117 into the cause and prevention of contagious disease, 120 into the manufacture of vinegar, 112 Life of, by M. Vallery-Radot, 126, 127, 128 Marriage with Marie Laurent, 107 Nominated a Senator, 118 Originator of methods for the production of immunity, 122 Pasteur Institute, Opening of the, 126 Pedigree, 101, 102, 103 Promoting the publication of Lavoisier’s works, 117 Receives a pension of 12,000 francs a year, 126 increased to 25,000 francs a year, 126 the degree of Bachelier ès Lettres, 104 Researches, Chemical, 105, 106, 107 Strokes of paralysis, 126 Studies on the behaviour and life-history of Bacillus anthracis, 121 Succession to Lìttré’s fauteuil at the Academy, 126 Teacher of physics at the Lyceé of Tournon, 104 Work on rabies, 123

Pearl Fisheries, Bavarian, 5 Bohemian, 5 British, 5 Ceylon, 4, 8, 9 Chief causes of the failure of the, 12 Failure of oysters, 9 Report on the, 12 Cingalese records of, 8 Dutch, 9 English, 9 Recent, 14 Saxony, 5 Scotch, 5 Syndicate, 15 Trade in the hands of the Arabs and Persians, 8, 9 Welsh, 5 Fishery, Mode of, 10 oyster, Filaria in, 4 oyster-beds of the Red Sea, 14

Pearls, Finest, 10 Formation of, 3 by larval cestodes, 13 by tapeworms, 13 in mussels, 7 Origin of, 1 of Oriental, 13 Sale of, 11

Pébrine disease, 115, 116, 117, 149

Pectis, Stalks and tentacles of the, 33

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