MEMOIR OF JOHN BARCLAY. 43 



We are indebted to Mr. JVIacglllivray, the Conser- 

 vator of the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, 

 for the following succinct and interesting account of 

 the Barcleian Museum. 



*' Dr. Barclay's Collection is contained in a beauti- 

 ful and well lighted apartment forty feet square, 

 furnished with glazed cases and a gallery. It consists 

 of 2512 preparations, arranged in three series, under 

 the heads of Human Anatomy and Pathology, Com- 

 parative Anatomy, Fossils and Miscellanea. 



'' In the department of Human Anatomy, there are 

 770 articles : viz., in spirits 60, in turpentine 10, dry 

 689, casts 3, engravings 8. The preparations illus- 

 trative of the vascular system are numerous and of 

 great value ; as are those of the osteological series. 



"In the department of Comparative Anatomy, there 

 are 1457 preparations : viz., in spirits 234, in turpen- 

 tine 5, dry 799, shells 245, eggs 174. Among these 

 are many valuable skeletons of mammalia, including 

 those of the Asiatic Elephant, Dromedary, Walrus, 

 and Narwhal, together with an extensive series of 

 skulls, and numerous specimens of teeth. The organs 

 of circulation and digestion are also well illustrated. 

 Skeletons and preparations of various organs of Birds, 

 Reptiles and Fishes, together with specimens of 

 Mollusca, Crustacea, Insects and Corals, form a 

 series of considerable extent. 



" The number of simple minerals, and fossil organic 

 remains, amounts to 242, and that of articles not be- 

 longing to the three departments enumerated, is 43. 



"Considered as the collection of a private individual. 



