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WITHOUT DOUBT THE MOST IMPORTANT DUTY CONNECTED WITH THE INSTALLATION OF THE COLLECTION, IS THE PREPARATION OF THE LABELS. MONOTONOUS ROWS OF BOTTLES BEARING ONLY THE NAME OF THE DRUG ENCLOSED WOULD FURNISH LITTLE OF INTEREST AND LESS OF INFORMATION TO THE GENERAL VISITOR. INDEED THE EXHIBITION OF MANY ARTICLES WHICH PRESENT NO PHYSICALPECULIARITIES DISCERNIBLE BYTHE NAKED EYE, IS ONLY TO BE JUSTIFIED BYTHE FACT THAT THE SPECIMEN CALLS ATTENTION TO AND GIVES SUPPORT FOR A LABEL WHICH INTERPRETS IT.

IN THE PREPARATION OF THESE LABELS MORE DIFFICULTY HAS BEEN ENCOUNTERED THAN WAS EXPECTED, CHIEFLY IN MAKING CHOICE FROM THE MASS OF INFORMATION AT HAND OF THOSE FACTS MOST IMPORTANT TO BE PRESENTED, THAT COULD BE CONCENTRATED INTO THE FEW LINES OF TYPE TO WHICH THE LABEL MUST BE RESTRICTED, AT THE SAME TIME KEEPING IN MIND THE POPULAR AS WELL AS SCIENTIFIC USE OF THE COLLECTION. SUCH PHYSICAL CHARACTERS AS ARE PRESENTED TO THE EYE BY THE SPECIMEN ITSELF, HAVE BEEN IN ALL CASES OMITTED, AND SUCH FACTS SELECTED, RELATING TO SOURCE, HABITAT, MODE OF PRODUCTION, CONSTITUENTS, MEDICAL PROPERTIES, ETS., AS SEEMED TO THE WRITER TO BE OF GREATEST PUBLIC AS WELL AS PROFESSIONAL INTEREST. TWO KINDS OF LABELS ARE USED: 1ST. GENERIC LABELS, APPLICABLE TO SERIES OF SPECIMENS COMPRISING NATURAL AND COMMERCIAL VARIETIES, ANDP PREPARATIONS OF GIVEN DRUGS. THESE ARE NOT STRICTLY LIMITED AS TO SIZE, ARE PRINTED IN LARGE TYPE AND CONTAIN GENERAL INFORMATION RELATING TO THE SUBSTANCE IN QUESTION.  2ND. SPECIFIC LABELS. THESE ARE ATTACHED TO EVERY SPECIMEN, ARE LIMITED IN SIZE TO 4 INCHES BY 1 1-2 INCHES, ARE PRINTED [[insert]] ^[[in]] [[/insert]] ORDINARY CLEAR TYPE AND CONTAIN THE NAME AND SYNONYMS, SOURCE, MEDICAL PROPERTIES, DOSE AND OTHER FACTS THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED WITHIN THE GIVEN LIMITS.

THE NUMBER OF SPECIMENS ALREADY FURNISHED WITH PRINTED LABELS IS 575, COPY FOR 350 LABELS IS READY FOR THE PRINTER.