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woods became badly warped, due to baviui; been varnished on one 

 side and the Avood not filled or shellaced on the other. The lar^iest 

 of these pieces was soaked with water and l)ronght back to shape 

 with clamps. Large T-iron braces were then screwed on and the 

 back given two coats of shellac. Three samples of crude drugs con- 

 tributed by Gilpin, Langdon and (^ompany. Incorporated, of Balti- 

 more, Maryland, were retnrnc<l to the company and rephiced Avith 

 new specimens. The storage rooms devoted to textiles and Avoods 

 in the Smithsonian basement Avere giA'en a thorough overhauling and 

 cleaning, and the Avood specimens carefully marked, numbered, and 

 rejiacked to take u]i less space. 



UESKAUI IIKS Fdi; THE BENEFIT (IK THE .MUSELM. 



Xo special investigations or Avork of a research nature Avas under- 

 taken during the year by this diA^ision OAving to eA'ery member of tiie 

 ytalF being engaged for the most part upon the Avar collections. 



During the annual meeting of the American Association of Mu- 

 seums held at the National Museum. iNIay 17-10. 1020, several mu- 

 seum experts from other institutions made a careful examination of 

 the methods of cataloging and indexing used by this diA'ision, as a 

 special exhibit and demonstration of our catalogue had l)een pre- 

 ]iared for their benefit. 



^fr. J. F. CleA'enger of the Pharmacognosy Laboratory of the 

 Bureau of Chemistry, U. S. Department of Agriculture, made fre- 

 quent use of the study collections in the division of medicine for 

 identifying and comparing commercial drugs submitted to that 

 laboratory under tlie Food and Drugs Act. 



Durine: the meetings of the American Pharmaceutical Association. 

 May 5-9, the V. S. Pharmacopoeial Convention. May 10-12, and the 

 Medical Library Association. May 20-22. 1020, the exhibition and 

 study collections representing pharmacy, materia medica, and medi- 

 cine, Avere visited and studied by a great many of the delegates rep- 

 resenting all parts of the United States, Avho expressed to the curator 

 and assistant curator their appreciation of the work already done. 



Miss P^va ^y. Magoon, Instructor of Embryology and Curator of 

 the Mu.seum of the Chicago College of O.steopathy, visited the Mu- 

 seum for the purpose of studying the methods of installation and 

 labelling in use b}' the division of medicine. 



Mr. R. E. Lofton, of the Textile and Paper Divisions, Bureau of 

 Standards, nnide several visits to the Museum for the purpose of 

 conferring on fibers and paper materials, and of consulting the tecli- 

 nical books in the sectional libraries. 



My. F. W. Day, of Detroit, Michigan, a collector of canes, s[)ent 

 parts of tAvo days studying the jNIuseum's collection of canes and 



