Catalogue of preparations, & c., in morbid, natural and comparative anatomy : contained in the museum of the Army Medical Department, Fort Pitt, Chatham.

  • Great Britain. Army Medical Department.
Date:
1833
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Catalogue of preparations, & c., in morbid, natural and comparative anatomy : contained in the museum of the Army Medical Department, Fort Pitt, Chatham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    brought to its present state, chiefly by the labours of the gentlemen who came successively in charge of the Mu- seum. To Dr. Clark and Staff Surgeon Burton is due the merit of the arrangement for printing it*. They claim, however, no further credit than that of diligently trans- cribing and revising its pages; making such alterations in the diction as seemed necessary to explain, elucidate, or improve its contents ; and, in a word, performing the part of Editor on this occasion ; and the labour has not been of a trifling nature. Had this Collection been commenced at an earlier pe- riod,—had it begun at the commencement of the last war, it would have been, with the advantages then possessed, unrivalled in the particular department of science which it embraces. In the Museum of Pathology, there are not unfre- quently duplicates of interesting specimens ; these it is desired to give in exchange with preparations in other Collections : and such interchange will be mutually pro- fitable ; and this public communication is made with the view of soliciting additions to the Museum. The Preparations most wanted in the Collection of the Medical Officers of the Army are, In Healthy Anatomy. 1. Crania of the various Races of mankind. * This is not the sole merit of those two able Officers in regard to the Museum; both have for a long time been efficient members of the Com- mittees, for conducting both the Museum and Library, and Dr. Clark has been the Chairman of both Committees.