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wall, liave movable shelves, and are of convenient 

 height, especially those of the gallery, which are about 

 7 feet in height. The collection is confined to human 

 anatomy and pathology — the latter below, the former 

 in the gallery. The anatomical series is not extensive. 

 The preparations are put up in the usual manner, and 

 with the ordinary degree of neatness. Some of the 

 bottles, containing objects whose colours are liable 

 to fade, are enclosed in a movable cylinder of blue 

 pasteboard. This is the only place in which I have 

 seen this contrivance employed. 



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After inspecting this museum, and visiting the dis- 

 secting room, etc., I accompanied Mr. Linning to Lloyd 

 Street, where I dined, and whence I returned after eight. 



Under existing circumstances it is impossible to 

 examine objects in series. Were a person disposed to 

 study healthy and diseased structure from preparations, 

 he would find ample opportunities in the museums here, 

 and in the department of comparative anatomy. The 

 Museum of the College of Surgeons would alone furnish 

 objects, the proper inspection of which would take many 

 months. 



With respect to the osseous system of animals, 

 there is certainly a most extensive series in the 

 different museums taken together. This is also the 

 case with respect to teeth, horns, hoofs and claws. 

 The Hunterian collection exhibits all the other organs 

 in series more or less complete. 



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