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THAN HALF OF THIS COMPILATION HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE, BUT BEING CONSIDERED OF SECONDARY IMPORTANCE TO THE WORK OF THE COLLECTION PROPER, PROGRESS UPON IT HAS BEEN IRREGULAR AND SLOW.

TO SUMMARIZE WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED IT MAY BE SAID THAT THE ORGANIZATION OF THE MATERIA MEDICA SECTION OF THE MUSEUM IS COMPLETE;[[colon changed to semi-colon in pencil]] THE CLASSIFICATION HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN ITS DETAILS;[[colon changed to semi-colon in pencil]] OVER 4,000 SPECIMENS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED, EXAMINED, AND REGISTERED, AND MOST OF THEM BOTTLED AND ARRANGED [[strikethrough]] [[strikethrough]] ACCORDING TO THE CLASSIFICATION;[[colon changed to semi-colon in pencil]] THE WHOLE COLLECTION HAS BEEN PROVIDED WITH TEMPORARY LABELS AND ^[[575]] SPECIMENS WITH PERMANENT LABELS, EACH REQUIRING A STUDY OF THE SPECIMEN AND OF THE LITERATURE REGARDING IT: ILLUSTRATIONS OF MOST OF THE MEDICINAL PLANTS HAVE BEEN OPTAINED AND MORE THAN 500 THEM MOUNTED AND ON EXHIBITION;[[colon changed to semi-colon in pencil]]

A MEDIC[[strikethrough]]IN[[/strikethorugh]]AL HERBARIUM HAS BEEN COMMENCED AND ITS DEVELOPMENT ASSURED[[strikethrough]].[[/strikethrough]] ^[[;]]

A COMPLETE CATALOGUE OF THIS COLLECTION HAS BEEN PREPARED BY MEANS OF WHICH ANY SPECIMEN ON EXHIBITION MAY BE READILY FOUND, ^[[and]] A CONSIDERABLE LIBRARY OF REFERENCES HAS BEEN FORMED; THE PHARMACOPOEIAS OF NEARLY ALL NATIONS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED AND RECEIVED, AND HALF THE WORK OF COMPILING A COMP[[strikethrough]] OU [[/strikethrough]] ^[[e]]ND OF SIXTEEN OF THEM IS DONE.

IN THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SECTION OF THE MUSEUM A WIDE FIELD IS CLEARLY OPEN FOR INTERESTING AND VALUABLE WORK. THE COLLECTION AS IT NOW STANDS INCLUDES SAMPLES OF THE GREAT MAJORITY OF THE DRUGS FOUND IN THE COMMERCE OF THE COUNTRY, AS WELL AS MANY SPECIMENS OF RARE DRUGS OR VARIETIES KNOWN ONLY TO FOREIGN MEDICAL PRACTICE. IT REMAINS NOW TO MAKE USE OF THE PRESTIGE OF THE SCIENTIFIC INSTUTION WITH WHICH THE MUSEUM IS CONNECTED, AND OF THE READY MEANS AT THE DISPOSAL OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT, THROUGH ITS [[strikethrough]] NAXSL [[/strikethrough]] NAVAL AND CONSULAR SERVICES, SUPPLEMENTED BY PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE WITH IMPORTERS AND THEIR AGENTS, AND FOREIGN SCIENTISTS AND TRAVELLERS, TO GATHER MATERIALS AND INFORMATION WHICH SHALL BE RARE AND VALUABLE. THERE IS STILL MUCH