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CIVILIZED PEOPLE OF THE WORLD. INCLUDING MOST OF THE NEW REMEDIES THAT HAVE BEEN LATELY INTRODUCED TO THE NOTICE OF THE PROFESSION. 

AN ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO THE COLLECTION HAS BEEN PREPARED AND PRINTED GIVING THE DETAILS OF THE CLASSIFICATION AND THE POSITION THERE IN OF EVERY SPECIMEN ON EXHIBITION. [[strikethrough]] A COPY OF THE SAME IS HEREWITH ENCLOSED [[/strikethrough]]

    THE COLLECTION OF CINCHONA BARKS IS ESPECIALLY COMPLETE COMPRISING SPECIMENS OF NEARLY ALL THE NATURAL BARKS OF SOUTH AMERICA, AND EVERY VARIETY OF THE CULTIVATED PRODUCT FROM THE GOVERNMENT PLANTATIONS OF INDIA. WITH MANY FROM JAVA, CEYLON, MEXICO AND JAMAICA. THE INDIA AND JAMAICA BARKS ARE ACCOMPANIED NY HERBARIUM SPECIMANS OF THE LEAF AND FLOWER, AND IN SOME CASES THE FRUIT, OF EACH VARIETY OF CINCHONA TREE FROM WHICH THE BARK WAS TAKEN. 

    FOR THE PR^[[O]]PER PRESERVATION AND EXHIBITION OF THE WHOLE COLLECTION GREAT CARE HAS BEEN TAKEN. EVERY SPECIMEN IS ENCLOSED IN A CLEAR GLASS BOTTLE OR JAR, FURNISHED WITH A WELL-FITTED GLASS STOPPER.THE BOTTLES HAVE BEEN MADE [[?]] OF UNIFORM SHAPES AND SIZES ACCORDING TO THE  STANDARD ESTABLISHED FOR THE MUSEUM. CARE HAS BEEN EXERCISED THAT EVERY SPE[[strike through S]]CIMEN SHOULD BE THOROUGHLY DRY BEFORE BEING ENCLOSED, AND IF LIABLE TO ATTACKS OF INSECTS, HAS BEEN ENVELOPED IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF CHLOROFORM BY INTRODUCING THE BOTTLE A SMALL SLIP OF BLOTTING-PAPER WETTED WITH INSECTICIDE. THE CASES IN WHICH THE COLLECTION IS EXHIBITED ARE OF MEXICAN MAHOGANY 7 FEET HIGH AND 8 1-2 FEET LONG WITH PLATE GLASS DOORS, THE DOOR-FRAME BEING RABBETED SO AS TO MAKE THE CASES PRACTICALLY DUST-PROOF. THE CASES CONTAIN EACH FOUR SHELVES, THE LOWEST 18 INCHES, AND THE HIGHEST 5 FEET FROM THE FLOOR THUS BRINGING EVERY SPECIMEN WITHIN EASY RANGE OF VISION. EACH BOTTLE STANDS UP UPON A WOODEN PEDESTAL 4 INCHES SQUARE AND 1 INCH HIGH, AND TO THIS PEDESTAL IS ATTACHED THE LABEL.