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UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM
UNDER DIRECTION OF
THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
WASHINGTON
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In March, a package of plants was received from A.R. Fellows, Colorado, for botanical determination.  They were found to consist of specimens of Aplopappus Fremontii, and the desired information was forwarded to Mr. Fellows.
 
In May, a revised edition of the catalogue of materia medica was received and a number of copies distributed.  A paper on the action of cocaine, atropine and caffeine by the Curator of this section was prepared and printed in the July number of the American Journal of the Medical Sciences.  Also a paper on the "the influence of variations of temperature upon the rate and work of the heart of the slider terrapin (Psuedemys rugosa)."

In June, the assaying of all the cinchona barks in the collection was begun.