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has now become universal; in which ilhistration and 

 demonstration, by the constant presentation of objects 

 to the sight, are prominent and essential. His courses 

 of lectures upon Materia Medica may be truly said to 

 have been splendid, almost magnificent; adorned as 

 well as made complete for the students' information, 

 by the exhibition, from day to day, of living specimens 

 of medicinal plants from all quarters of the world, 

 grown in his own private conservatory and botanical 

 garden, maintained for this special purpose. When 

 such could not at the time be obtained, fine pictorial 

 representations were placed before the class in their 

 stead; and his cabinet of mineral and other crude and 

 prepared specimens was correspondingly complete. 

 A printed syllabus of the course of lectures, inter- 

 leaved for note-taking, was furnished gratuitously by 

 him to each student. It may be said, indeed, that no 

 portion of the curriculum of the Medical Department 

 of the University, able and renowned as have been the 

 other members or its Faculty, ever added more to the 

 great reputation and large classes of that institution, 

 than this model course. Dr. Wood continued to hold 

 the Chair of Materia Medica and Therapeutics until 

 1850, when he was transferred to that of the Theory 

 and Practice of Medicine, upon the retirement from 

 the latter of Professor Nathaniel Chapman. This chair 

 he retained until i860, when he withdrew from all ac- 

 tive professional labors. 



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