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District of Coiunibia, an original letter written by Hahnemann, and 

 15 volumes of the Transactions of the American Institute of Home- 

 opathy. 



The Museum is also indebted to the following persons for the 

 contribution of books relating to homeopathic medicine: 



Dr. John H. Wilms, Cincinnati, Ohio, for King's History of 

 Homeopathy, in four volumes; Dr. John C. Calhoun, Pittsburgh, 

 Pennsylvania, for Millspaugh's I^Iedicinal Plants, in two volumes; 

 Dr. William E. Leonard, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for Lindsley's 

 Homeopathic Bibliography of the United States, Ameke's History 

 of Homeopathy, and Cleave's Biographical Cyclopaedia of Home- 

 opathic Physicians and Surgeons; Dr. William Boericke, San 

 Francisco, California, for a copy of Boericke's Compend of the 

 Principles of Homeopathy; Mr. F. L. Lewton, Washington, District 

 of Columbia, for the twelfth edition of Laurie and McClatchey's 

 Homeopathic Domestic Medicine; and Dr. F. M. Dearborn, New 

 York City, for Dearborn's Diseases of the Skin. 



Through the cooperation of Dr. John Uri Lloyd, of Cincinnati, 

 Ohio, 23 volumes of the Transactions of the National Eclectic Medi- 

 cal Association were donated for the exhibit of eclectic medicine, 

 by Dr. Joseph A. Munk, of Los Angeles, California. 



The exhibition series arranged to illustrate a few of the more 

 important medicinal plants was increased by the gift from Parke, 

 Davis & Co., Detroit, Michigan, of 17 specimens of official prepara- 

 tions of opium products recognized in the United States Pharmaco- 

 poeia and National Formulary ; 18 specimens of official preparations 

 containing nux vomica or its products, contributed by Sharp & 

 Dohme, Baltim.ore, Maryland ; a specimen of nux vomica and seven 

 specimens of alkaloids and alkaloidal salts, the gift of Merck & 

 Co., New York City, and from Eli Lilly & Co., Indianapolis, In- 

 diana, a specimen of cascara sagrada bark and four specimens of 

 its official preparations. 



The medicinal form series which was arranged to show the ma- 

 terial forms in which medicinal substances are used and prepared 

 for administration was increased by 15 specimens of organic and 

 inorganic chemicals, the gift of Chas, Pfizer & Co. (Inc.), New 

 York City. 



For the exhibit of pharmaceutical equipment, the Torsion Balance 

 Co., of New York City, contributed a torsion counter balance, a 

 torsion prescription balance, and sets of weights of different types. 

 Eli Lilly & Co., Indianapolis, Indiana, also contributed three asep- 

 tic metal pocket cases for physicians, one for bacterial vaccines, 

 another for hypodermic tablets, and the third for ampoules for hy- 

 podermic injection, all of them complete with syringe and needles. 



