104 EEPOBT OP NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1924 



Museum of Natural History, New York City, in 1923, was trans- 

 ferred to this division. This exhibit shows Pasteur's early studies 

 concerning the crystallography of certain chemicals, the nature of 

 fermentation, distribution of germs in the air, spontaneous genera- 

 tion, etc. The flasks and other apparatus are duplicates of those 

 used by Pasteur. The exhibit is of historic importance and was 

 awarded a grand prize by the French Government at the Exposition 

 Internationale du Centenaire de Pasteur held in Strassburg in 1923. 



The H. K. Mulford Co., Philadelphia, Pa., completed their biologi- 

 cal exhibit by the addition of five charts outlining the use of bacterins 

 and serobacterins in the treatment of disease. 



The discovery of insulin by Dr. F. G. Banting and C. H. Best, 

 working in the laboratories of the University of Toronto, represents 

 an epoch-making event in the history of medicine. The claim made 

 for this medicine is that it enables diabetic patients to utilize car- 

 bohydrates in a normal manner. Although discovered only recently, 

 the value of insulin is claimed to have been proven. There was 

 placed on exhibition during the year a series of specimens and pic- 

 tures, contributed by Eli Lilly & Co., Indianapolis, Ind., illustrating 

 how this medicine (the active principle of the Islands of Langer- 

 hans of the pancreas gland) is obtained. 



A model of a yellow fever mosquito, a model of a South American 

 home proofed against mosquitoes, a model of a Kropf 's window tent 

 used in the treatment of tubercular patients, and 12 charts relating 

 to the spread and prevention of disease were transferred from the 

 Army Medical Museum of the War Department. 



Miss Jessie B. Eogers, Springfield, Mo., donated a brass mortar 

 and pestle. This mortar is of a very old type and makes an exceed- 

 ingly interesting and valuable addition to the historical pharma- 

 ceutical collections. 



The Museum is indebted to the W. A. Baum Co. (Inc.) , New York, 

 N. Y., for the gift of a desk model, mercury tube, sphygmomanom- 

 eter used for registering blood pressure. 



An interesting addition to the historical collections is a small 

 statue of Hygeia, the Greek goddess of health, who is described as 

 one of the daughters of Aesculapius, god of medicine. The statue 

 is finished in soft tones of Pompeian bronze and depicts the goddess 

 caring for a sacred serpent, one of her rites in the temple of health. 

 It symbolizes the sacred shrine of the human body, which also exacts 

 certain health observances. The statue was contributed by the 

 American Medical Association, Chicago, 111. 



Dr. Lyman F. Kebler, of the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture, Washington, D. G, contributed for addition to the historical 

 pharmacy collection, applications and specifications for United 



