REPORT OF NATION-AL MUSEUM, 1921. L03 



struments, Boston, Mass., about August 27, 1871. This old atomizer 

 was contribu<"ed to the Museum by Mr. Arthur A. Shurtleff, of 

 Boston. 



The following material of an historical nature was received by 

 gift : From the board of trustees of the United States Pharmacopoeial 

 Convention (Inc.), through Dr. E. Fullerton Cook, chairman of the 

 revision committee, Philadelphia, Pa., manuscripts, proofs, and docu- 

 ments relating to the Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Revisions of the 

 United States Pharmacopoeia; from the United States Pharmaco- 

 poeial Convention (Inc.), through Dr. Murray Gait Motter, Wash- 

 ington, D. C, one typewritten copy of the Proceedings of the Sev- 

 enth, Eighth, and Tenth Decennial Conventions; from Dr. Murray 

 Gait Motter, Washington, D. C, four photographs of prominent 

 members of the American Pharmaceutical Association; and from 

 Mrs. Frances Long Taylor, of Athens, Ga., through Miss Katherine 

 Wootten, Washington, D. C, a number of papers and documents 

 relating to the life and career of Dr. Crawford W. Long, the first 

 to intentionally produce anesthesia by inhalation of sulphuric ether 

 for a surgical operation. Mrs. Taylor also loaned Doctor Long's 

 medical diplomas and a case of surgical instruments used by him. 



In planning the development of the collections of the division, an 

 interesting feature was added, namely, group representations of the 

 more important drugs showing the several stages in their production 

 from their natural sources. Opium and cinchona were selected to 

 be represented in detail, and the work of obtaining the necessarj- 

 specimens and photographs was completed during the year. The 

 first item of the following material received for these exhibits was 

 procured by transfer, and the remainder by gift: Fourteen opium 

 products from the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Treasury Depart- 

 ment; photographs of poppy cultivation and opium manufacture 

 were received from the following : Mr. J. H. Hill, managing director 

 of the Ghazipur Opium Factory, Ghazipur, India, through Mr. 

 Harold R. Foss, American consul in charge, Calcutta, India; Mr. 

 Ernest B. Price, vice consul in charge. Canton, China: Dr. Lewis R. 

 Thompson, Shenchowfu, China, through the American consulate, 

 Changsha, China; Rev. W. Hartman, Shenchowfu, China, through 

 the American consulate, Changsha, China. For the cinchona case 

 there were received 10 specimens of Cinchona succirubra bark from 

 Dr. M. Kerbosch, director of the Government Cinchona Plantations, 

 Tjinjiroean, Java, Dutch East Indies, through Mr. S. W. Zeverijn, 

 Amsterdam, Holland. 



New exhibits of animal products were arranged during the course 

 of the year, and the following material was obtained for this pur- 

 pose: Eli Lilly «& Co., Indianapolis, Ir.^^, donated 6 sheets of colored 

 gelatin, 13 specimens of elastic capsules, and 4 specimens of globules; 



