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5 [[upper right hand corner]] 1 [[centered]] THE WATER;[[pencil correction colon to semi-colon]] THUS REPRESENTING TO THE EYE THE QUANTITY OF EACH CONSTIUENT SALT INGESTED WITH A GIVE QUANTITY OF WATER, AND FURNISHING A QUANTITIVE TABLE, WITHOUT THE USE OF FIGURES, FOR COMPARISON OF THE DIFFERENT MINERAL WATERS. FINALLY IS PRESENTED AS A DISTINCT EXHIBIT A CONSIDERABLE COLLECTION OF CHINESE DRUGS, WHICH WERE GATHERED BY THE CHINESE IMPERIAL CUSTOMS COMMISSION, FOR THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION AT PHILADELPHIA IN THE YEAR OF 1876, AND SUBSEQUENTLY PRESENTED TO THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. THE WHOLE NUMBER OF SPECIMENS, INCLUDING THE CHINESE COLLECTION, REGISTERED IN THE BOOKS OF THIS DEPARTMENT OF TH [[E very light]] MUSEUM, UP TO DEC. 31, 1883, IS 4,037. OF THESE, AFTER REJECTION OF DUPLICATES , AND UNIDENTIFIED AND INJURED DRUGS THERE HAVE BEEN CLASSIFIED AND PLACED ON EXHIBITION 3,240. THE SOURCES FROM WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN OBTAINED ARE: 1ST. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM LARGE COMMERCIAL HOUSES ENGAGED IN THE WHOLESALE DRUG TRADE, NOTABLY THE FIRM OF W.H. SCHIEFFELIN & CO., NEW YORK, AND GENEROUSLY BUT LESS LAVISHLY, PARK, DAVIS&CO., OF DETROIT; MCKESSON& ROBBINS, OF NEW YORK;AND WALLACE BROTHERS OF STATESVILLE, N.C. 2ND EXCHANGES WITH THE FOREIGN MUSEUMS, AS THE KURACHEE, INDIA,[[semi-colon & period struck out]] TH E MUSEUM OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY, LONDON,[[semi-colon struck out]] AND THE ROYAL GARDENS OF KEW AND CALCUTTA. 3RD COLLECTIONS [[strikeout]] CINCH CONA [[/strikeout]] CINCHONA BARKS, MADE UNDER DIRECTION OF THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT FROM THE PLANTATIONS IN INDIA. 4TH REMAINS OF[[?]] THE DRUG EXHIBITS OF SEVERAL COUNTRIES, AT THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION AT PHILADELPHIA IN 1876, WHICH WERE PRESENTED TO THE UNITED STATES BY THE AUTHORITY OF THOSE COUNTRIES. AS A WHOLE THE COLLECTION ALREADY REPRESENTS THE PRINCIPAL DRUGS, IN MOST OF THEIR COMMERCIAL VARIETIES IN PRESENT USE AMONG THE