No. 397.] COLLECTIONS OF HUMAN BONES. 13 
great changes of temperature or moisture, and occasionally 
also against insects or rodents ; and (2) the bones should be 
stored in such a way as to be readily and easily accessible and 
offer the utmost facilities for study or exhibition, as well as an 
ease of proper replacement. These desiderata can be accom- 
plished as follows: 
1. A fairly well lighted, dry room is lined with shelve 
frames, or drawer frames. Other similar frames can be placed 
across parts of the room when necessary. The frames are so 
arranged that the drawers or boxes which are to be placed in 
them can slide in and out (this can be arranged quite simply 
and inexpensively). The size of the frames is determined by 
the size of the boxes or drawers, which must be of two or three 
dimensions. A very good preventive against insects, or even 
rodents, is a little of paris green mixed with some sugar and 
flour. 
2. For the small bones it is best to provide light boxes just 
a little larger than necessary to contain their groups (speaking 
of adults). Low partitions (potter’s clay) in these boxes would 
enable us to subdivide each group of small bones and much 
facilitate their study. A definite number of coverless boxes 
fit into a drawer, on which are plainly and indelibly marked 
the character and number (x—) of the contents. It is best to 
have the drawers just large enough to accommodate the boxes 
with all the small bones of each individual skeleton, and to keep 
these bones permanently together. 
The long bones may be stored in two ways, each of which 
has certain advantages. 
All the long and other bones of the skeleton, remaining 
after the disposal of short bones as outlined above, minus the 
skull and lower jaw, can be placed together in a special drawer, 
which can then be placed, properly marked, next the drawer 
with the short bones of the same skeleton. Thus, all the bones 
of each skeleton, minus the skull, which can easily be found, 
are kept close together. 
When very large series of bones are to be studied, the fol- 
lowing method of storage is preferable: More spacious drawers 
are provided; or there may be simply shelves with closed 
