Figure 1 5. I. a n 161 11-' enti ry, wi oderi 

 drug container with coat-of-arms, in the 



Si|iiilil) collec lion. I lie insc ription L'ngula 



1 1 (the 1 f "i the elk) suggests a super- 

 stitious attitude in 1nc1lir.il practice and tin- 

 wide use of animal organs in medical treat- 

 ment. (Courtesy of the American Pharmaceutical 



1 iaiion.) 



ciation, Practical Pharmacy Edition, devoted its from 

 i over i«> depicting one corner of the study and labora- 

 tory room of the shop." Also, in a letter dated Jan- 

 uary 2, 1947, addressed to Dr. Alexander Wetmore, 

 then Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Dr. 

 Robed P. Fischelis, the secretary of the American 

 Pharmaceutical Association, considered the completion 

 of the deposited exhibition a triumph and "as one oi 

 the highlights of the accomplishments of the Associa- 

 tion in 1 946." 

 From 1946 to 1948, the Division's collection was 



1 riniched with .1 number of historical 

 mens, among which was .1 "grosse Flamme" x-ray 



in.H hine with induction-coil tube and stand developed 

 h\ Albert B. Koett. It i>- one ol the earliest American- 

 its kind, producing .1 12-inch spark, 

 the largest usable .it that time with 180,000-vo 

 pacity, and > forerunner of later autotransformers. 

 Other . Kiessions included two 19th-century drug 

 mills, an electric belt used in quackery, two medi- 

 cine chests, three sets ol Hessian crucibles used in .1 

 pioneer drugstore in Colorado, a drunkometer, min- 

 eral ores, and purely produced, chemical elements. 

 In the spring of 1948, Associate Curator Whitebread 

 I after 30 years of service with the U.S. National 

 Museum. He was a pioneer in the field of health 

 .mi eums and during his curatorship had developed .1 

 moribund section into a Division of field-wide 

 importance. Dr. Whitebread was succeeded by 

 George S. Thomas, also a pharmacist, who served as 

 associate curator from August 1948 until early 1952. 



19 Sever. il other journals reported tin- exhibition with illus- 

 tration* (July 8, 1946), vol. 90, no. 2, pp. 2, 79; 

 .\ational Capital Pharmacist (Septembei 1945), vol. 7, p. 11. and 

 (September 1946), vol. 8, pp. 11-13; and The Scientific Monthly 

 (November L952), vol. 75, p. 268. 



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1 igure 16. — A Rare, Antwerp, 16th-century 

 drug jar in the Sijuibb collection dep 

 by the American Pharmaceutical Associa- 



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