402 ANTHROPOLOGY. 



General's Office in collating the Index Medicus and the great catalogue 

 of the library, the plan of carding knowledge has well nigh attained per- 

 fection. 



The subject of anthropology is discussed, first of all, in societies de- 

 voted entirely to this science, or one of its branches. The principal 

 ones are the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland ; 

 the Societe d' Anthropologic de Paris ', and the Anthropologische Gesell- 

 schaft of Germany. Societies also exist and jjublish journals in Berlin, 

 Vienna, Florence, Madrid, and Washington. Secondly, international 

 congresses are held in various cities of Europe. Pre-eminent among 

 these are the International Congresses of Anthroi)ology, Ethnology, and 

 Prehistoric Archaeology, Congr^s des Americanistes, and the Con- 

 gres International des Sciences Anthropologiques. Third' y, the great 

 national scientific gatherings, answering to our own American Associa- 

 tion, have each a subsection of anthropology, and very many valuable 

 papers appear in their transactions. Fourthly, papers of permanent 

 value in the study of man are read in the great number of local societies 

 in our larger cities and abroad. Fifthly, in addition to the journals, bulle- 

 tins, transactions, proceedings, and contributions of all these associa- 

 tious, the popular science periodicals, as well as the best literary month- 

 lies and quarterlies, give place each month to at least one article upon 

 anthropology. 



To go over all this material requires a vast expenditure of time, more 

 than one individual can command. Already, therefore, the science be- 

 gins to have its specialists, who have given up the hope of occupying 

 the entire field and have contented themselves with a circumscribed 

 area. 



The following bibliographical list does not claim to be exhaustive. It 

 represents pretty accurately what Americans are doing and what is being 

 done for America. The voluminous i)ublications of the Archiv fiir 

 Anthropologic, although appearing rather late, are indispensable to one 

 who would prepare an exhaustive bibliography of our theme. The 

 abbreviations used throughout this paper are those which have been 

 adopted at the Surgeon-General's Office, in the preparation of the great 

 medical catalogue. 



