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anist, perhaps more than most others, is likely to be 
benefited by forming this habit. A sketch made 
from a comparison with it more certain. I 
therefore sketch the essentials of every preparation so 
preserved, and while the matter is fresh in one’s mind 
rief memorandum is easily written in connection 
with the sketch, describing differences between related 
things that may be transient in the slide or liable to 
be overlooke 
Medical botany, therefore, as a technical study for 
the manufacturin g pharmacist and collector, and to a 
less extent for i My dispensing draggict, but hardly for 
the medical man, in my mind is really a minute 
acquaintance with each plant used in : auedielie with 
each its e form . whic ey are 
any. fore this point, if he know the meaning of 
a generic and a specific name, of a natant family and a 
variety, he is enough of a botanist to do his work well. 
To the physieian of today, medical brag errs 
only a few years ago seemed to be passing 
hands, is returning in twofold form, Hat it is doubtful 
if the great majority of physicians are justified in 
dipping very far into it. Occasionally oe by 
eating certain toadstools, or roots of a few umbel- 
lifers, demands a certain amount of alana knowl 
f this poisoning is as practically useful as the actual 
Sopot of the soe which has caused it. The 
dermatologist, more than the general physician, is 
called. on to raccanin causes for dermal manifesta- 
