STOWELL, Charles Henry, microscopist, born in Perry, New York, 27 October, 1850. He was graduated at the medical department of the University of Michigan in 1872, and has since been connected with that institution as instructor, and later as professor of histology and microscopy. Dr. Stowell is a member of scientific societies, and edited for six years "The Microscope," a monthly journal, published in Ann Arbor. He has published "Students' Manual of Histology" (Detroit, 1882); "Microscopic Diagnosis" (1882) ; " The Microscopical Structure of the Human Tooth" (1888); and "Physiology and Hygiene" (Chicago, 1888).--His wife, Louisa Maria Reed, born in Grand Blanc, Michigan, 23 December, 1850, was graduated at the University of Michigan in 1876, and, after a post-graduate course of one year, received the degree of M.S. In 1877 she became instructor of microscopic botany ill the school of pharmacy of the University of Michigan, and in 1878 she married Professor Stowell. She is a member of scientific societies, and, by her researches in microscopy, gained an election to the Royal microscopical society of Great Britain in 1882. Mrs. Stowell takes an active interest in the advancement of woman's work, and lectured before the International woman's congress in Washington in 1888. She was associated with Professor Stowellin the editorship of "The Microscope." In 1888 she assumed charge of the microscopical department of "The Pharmaceutical Era," and also assisted her husband in the preparation of "Microscopical Diagnosis" (Detroit, 1882). Besides many articles in the scientific press, she has published "Microscopical Structure of Wheat " (Chicago, 1880).