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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 University, China. There should also be mentioned a 
cease of dental 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 place 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 mght of September 13-14, 1814, 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 R. 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 Richard Somers to Stephen Decatur just before 
