38 EEPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1908. 



mostly collected among the wild tribes of the Malay Islands. The 

 descriptive catalogue of the instruments belonging to the Museum 

 has been continued by Mr. E. H. Hawley, who is also engaged in 

 preparing a list of the musical instruments of all countries. No 

 changes were made in the public installation. In addition to the 

 developmental exhibits in the north hall, some progress was made 

 in assembling those instruments which are used by the national bands 

 of different peoples. 



Medicine. — One of the most important accessions of the year was 

 a large collection of Chinese drugs, sent as a gift by Dr. N. Gist Gee, 

 of Soochow ITniversity, China. There should also be mentioned a 

 case of d-ental instruments, containing 218 articles, made and used 

 by Dr. Edward Maynard, one of the eminent early dentists of this 

 country, and deposited in 1907 by Dr. George W. Maynard, of New 

 York, The collection specially prepared for the Jamestown Exposi- 

 tion by the curator. Dr. James M. Flint, U. S. Navy, was incorpo- 

 rated with the exhibits in the Museum on its return to Washington. 

 Its most notable feature was an historical series of portraits of dis- 

 tinguished physicians. Steps have been taken to j^lace this important 

 division on a broader and more practical basis as soon as the neces- 

 sary space becomes available through the completion of the new 

 building. 



History. — The number of permanent accessions received by this 

 division was 36, and of temporary accessions 16, comprising 891 

 objects. Foremost among the additions was the flag which floated 

 over Fort McHenry, Baltimore, during the bombardment by the 

 British fleet on the night of September 13-14, 181-4, and made 

 famous as The Star-Spangled Banner by the verses of Francis 

 Scott Key, an eyewitness of the gallant fight. The flag, retained 

 by Col. George Armistead, the commander of the fort, descended 

 to his grandson, Mr. Eben Appleton, of New^ York, who has most 

 generously allowed it to be exhibited to the public in the National 

 Museum. This notable relic is so tattered and torn that it has been 

 necessary to protect it with a backing of canvas. It measures 32 

 feet 10 inches in length and 27 feet 6 inches in width. 



A collection of 175 specimens of Lowestoft china and cut glass 

 used at Mount Vernon by General and Mrs. Washington was de- 

 posited by Miss Nannie E. Heth, of Washington. Through bequest, 

 the late Henry R. Magruder, of Baltimore, left to the Smithsonian 

 Institution a number of historical and other objects, including a 

 beautiful gold-mounted sword and silver pitcher presented to his 

 father, Lieut. Col. J. Bankhead Magruder, by citizens of Virginia 

 and Maryland. The late Stephen Decatur Smith, of Philadelphia, 

 bequeathed to the Museum a plain gold ring of unusual interest, since 

 it had been given by Eichard Somers to Stephen Decatur just before 



