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and somewhat disarranged condition in which they will find 

 it on their present visit. 



As adjuncts to the general pathological series are certain 

 special collections, which have separate catalogues devoted to 

 them. One, which will be examined with interest by those 

 devoting themselves to aural pathology, is the series of 

 preparations illustrative of diseases of the ear, formed by the 

 late Mr. Joseph Toynbee, which came into the possession of 

 the College at his death in 1866. It is a large and probably 

 unique collection of 824 specimens, illustrating all the known 

 morbid conditions of the organ of hearing, such as could only 

 have been brought together by one specially engaged for a 

 considerable number of years in investigating this branch of 

 surgery, and the value of which is greatly enhanced by a 

 complete descriptive catalogue, published during Mr. Toynbee's 

 lifetime. This series is arranged in part of the rail cases of 

 the lower pathological gallery in the western museum. The 

 remainder of the same cases are devoted to the collection of 

 urinary calculi and other concretions, salivary, biliary, and 

 intestinal, both from man and various animals, probably the 

 most complete and best arranged in the world. The careful, 

 chemical analysis and description of the whole of these speci- 

 mens has been the work of Mr. Thomas Taylor. 



In a corresponding position in the upper gallery of the 

 same museum is the Dermatological collection, consisting of 

 an extensive series of beautifully executed models, of actual 

 specimens, casts and drawings illustrating the various affections 

 of the skin. This collection was commenced in the year 

 1870, the whole of the specimens in it, the cases which 

 contain them, and the catalogue describing them having been 

 presented to the College by Mr. Erasmus Wilson, at that time 

 Professor of Dermatology in the College. 



Lastly, must be mentioned a collection for the reception 

 of which a separate room, approached from the end of the 

 eastern museum, was devoted, in 18*70 of surgical instru- 

 ments and appliances, which, though small at present, contains 

 many instruments curious for their antiquity, or interesting 

 for their associations, and doubtless, now that a convenient and 

 appropriate locality has been established for their reception 



