The Journal of Technical Methods and Bulletin of the International Association of Medical Museums, No. XIV

Particular interest to those who arie teachers of patho.?f?y and medicine. The possibilities of such a museum Is unlimited and it may be made the centre of teaching !n a medical school. The underlying idea is to illusrate in graphic form, for the students, the principle of he correlation of the gross and microscopic lesions Vlth the clinical findings and x-ray picture. The original history and autopsy notes are also placed at the ?P ?f a specimen to complete the references. The author has illustrated his method with photographs of ne museum of Winnipeg to make the display more a tractive and at the same time instructive. Portraits ? masters of pathology, and coloured drawings relating 9 particular diseases, etc., are placed in appropriate Places throughout the museum. The seats have been made more comfortable so that the students are attracted to spend longer hours in the museum for solid study, without being fatigued. The next article eals with the method of teaching morbid anatomy to students at autopsy. The most useful part, as pointed ?f u ^eauthors, in autopsy instruction is a review ?i the various reports and findings, on the case, which js held the next week. An illustrative article on the Usler pathological collection in the medical historical m'isellm of McGill University is written by M. E. Aobott, curator of the museum. No one can read the )vork and writings of Sir William Osier without a feelmg of great respect and admiration for that great physiCla^' his clear descriptive style, accurate observations and his insight into the aetiology of disease. The rich and monumental collections of autopsy materials msplay his genius.