USNM Curators Annual Report - Materia Medica, 1893 - 1894

One strategy for staying on top of rapid growth is standardization. Every group gets asked the same questions, and well-constructed questions provide a reliable means of assessing the activity of the organization as a whole. For the Materia Medica Section of the United States National Museum, 1894 saw the introduction of a questionnaire format for the Curators Annual Report. Please join us in transcribing this report.