Where Was the Objective Lens Described by Reich?
Several years ago I corresponded with Mary Boyd Higgins, seeking to find out if Dr. Reichs special objective might still be at Orgonon. But a search at that time was unsuccessful. Ms. Higgins was not able to locate the objective. Consequently, when I came to Orgonon in July to assist in teaching the lab course, I carried with me a sense of hopeful curiosity that I might be able to solve this mystery although I had no great expectation that the quest would be successful. A discussion with Ms. Higgins at the Museum reception on Tuesday, July 16th led to her revelation that some of Dr. Reichs lab equipment was sold to help pay for legal expenses in the 1950s, and her speculation that the objective might have been sold as a way of raising funds. However, Ms. Higgins did give me permission to look carefully at the microscopes at the Museum, and to touch and examine what I found. I looked at the objectives on the inverted Reichert microscope used for the time-lapse photomicrography, and at a
