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ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE OR ARE IN PROGRESS BY WHICH THE NATURAL SOURCES OF THE DRUGS OF COMMERCE MAY BE VERY FULLY ILLUSTRATED. MODELS OR STUFFED SPECIMENS OF THE ANIMALS FURNISHING SUBSTANCRS USED IN MEDICINE MAY BE FOUND IN THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE MUSEUM. THE CHEMICAL ELEMENTS, ORES, ETC., IN THE CHEMICAL AND MINERALOGICAL DEPARTMENTS.  FOR THE PLANTS FURNISHING THE VEGETABLE MEDICINAL PRODUCTS A LARGE SERIES OF COLORED PLATES AND PHOTOGRAPHS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED.  UPWARDS OF 1,000 MEDICINAL PLANTS CAN THUS BE ILLUSTRATED BY COLORED LITHOGRAPHS TAKEN FROM WORKS ON MEDICAL BOTANY AND BY PHOTOGRAPHS NOW IN THE POSSESSION OF THIS SECTION OF THE MUSEUM.  MORE T^[[h]]AN HALF ^[[of]] THESE ARE ALREADY MOUNTED IN SWINGING FRAMES WHERE THEY ARE EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO ALL VISITING THE MUSEUM. THE NUCLEUS OF AN HERBARIUM HAS ALREADY BEEN FORMED AND ARRANGEMENTS ARE COMPLETE FOR ITS RAPID DEVELOPMENT SO ^[[soon]] AS THE BECESSARY DISPOSITIONS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR ITS CARE AND EXHIBITION.
EARLY IN THE ORGANIZATION OF THIS SECTION OF THE MUSEUM EFFORT WAS MADE TO OBTAIN THE LATEST EDITIONS OF THE PHARMACOPOEIAS OF ALL NATIONS, IN ORDER THAT FROM THEM A LIST MIGHT BE COMPILED OF THE DRUGS IN PRINCIPAL USE AMONG THE CIVILIZED PEOPLE OF THE WORLD NEARLY ALL THE [[underline]] LATEST [[/underline]] PHARMACOPOEIAS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED AND BESIDES FURNISHING MERE LISTS OF MEDICINES, THEY HAVE SUPPLIED MUCH INTERESTING MATERIAL FOR STUDY AND COMPARISON.  SOME OF THE RESULTS OF THIS COMPARATIVE STUDY HAVE BEEN [[strikethrough]] RE [[/strikethrough]] PRESENTED IN A REPORT TO THE SURGEON-GENERAL OF THE NAVY ^[[*]]
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^[[*]] REPORT OF THE SURGEON-GENERAL OF THE NAVY FOR THE YEAR 1881, P.600 ''REPORT ON THE PHARMACOPOEIAS OF ALL NATIONS.''
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THE WORK[[strikethrough]]S[[/strikethrough]] OF COMPARISON HAS BEEN CARRIED MUCH FURTHER AND THE ATTEMPT IS BEING MADE TO PREPARE A COMP^[[^END]] WHICH SHALL CONTAIN A FULL OFFICIAL SYNONOMY OF EACH OF THE DRUGS MENTIONED IN ANY OF THESE PHARMACOPOEIAS AND TABLES GIVING COMPOSITION AND  STRENGTH OF EVERY PREPARATION.  MORE