IO HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM. 



» pleasure that the said la Brosse should dispose 

 » of the buildings, with the exception of thelabo- 

 » ratory and cabinet for the preservation of the 

 » specimens and rarities , and of those which shall 

 » be hereafter erected for the facility of instruction, 

 » andshould select the gardeners, porters, etc. For 

 » theexpences of which garden, we have granted 

 » to our intendant the sum of 4,000 1. , besides his 

 » salary. We farther grant, 400 livres , to the sub- 

 » demonstrators for the purchase of drugs , and 

 » 4oo 1. , for the salaries of assistants in the labora- 

 » tory. For the payment of which sums a fund 

 » of 21,000 livres, will be provided by us , etc. 

 » Given at Saint-Quentin , in the month of May 

 » 1 635. Registered i5 of May. » 



It is important to remark that the livre iournois 

 of that period was worth two livres and a half 

 of the present money ; thus the sum of 21^000 1., 

 would now represent 52,5oo francs. The increase 

 of the expenditure has by no means been propor- 

 tioned to that of the establishment. 



The medical faculty opposed the registering of 

 this edict, and demanded that the professors should 

 be chosen on their presentation , and not on that 

 of the superintendant ; they also complained of 

 the appointment of la Brosse , and especially 

 desired that chemistry might not be taught. Their 

 opposition however was unavailing. 



