. The Pharmaceutical era . waythere cne by one. Besides the French pictures, the Lux-emburg contains an interesting little gallery of foreignworks, where the familiar names of Whistler, , Lorimer, etc., are to be found. In the sculpturegallery, the masterpieces of our modern medallists shouldnot be overlooked. We may just cite A. Dubois medalsof Pasteur, Chevreul, Wurtz, J. B. A. Dumas, Becquereland other famous savants. Xot far off is The Clnny Mnsenm,the fine old mansion, built in 1515, and illustrated in ourarticle on Modern Paris. It is. generally speaking, amuseum of applied ar
. The Pharmaceutical era . waythere cne by one. Besides the French pictures, the Lux-emburg contains an interesting little gallery of foreignworks, where the familiar names of Whistler, , Lorimer, etc., are to be found. In the sculpturegallery, the masterpieces of our modern medallists shouldnot be overlooked. We may just cite A. Dubois medalsof Pasteur, Chevreul, Wurtz, J. B. A. Dumas, Becquereland other famous savants. Xot far off is The Clnny Mnsenm,the fine old mansion, built in 1515, and illustrated in ourarticle on Modern Paris. It is. generally speaking, amuseum of applied art of medieval Europe, though it ishard to exactly define a collection whicli ranges from thenine crowns of the Gothic kings of Spain (A. D. C49) to apair of postboys boots. The arts of the wood carver,locksmith, goldsmith, potter, blacksmith, cloakmaker, em-broderer, coachmaker, etc., etc., are all of the old drug pots have already been illustratedin the Era; there are also a dozen •small mortars and two. ^^Jp^i larger ones. One of these large mortars bears the arms-uf Brittany, the date 1646, and the founders name, SimonAbblio. The other was made for the pharmacy of theSpanish Infiuisition at Seville, as the inscription attests: ??!Si>l<l fie AiiilrpN Romero tliiiLitro <le laMuntii liKiuiclrion <le Sebilla FruiiciMcoSuliino .Me Feeil en Triaiin. Alio D llf77. We may also just mentioji an interesting collection ofthe scientific instruments used three hundred years ago,astrolabes, compasses, etc., in faet whatever be a manstrade he is likely to find much to interest him at Cluny. -At the other end of the Latin Quarter of Paris is The Nntaral History Museum iThe Museum, as it is styled par excellence), betterknown by its ancient name, the Jardin des garden was founded in 1635 by Guy de la Brosse,physician to King Louis XIII., and was specially intendedto enable physicians and apothecaries to study botany;classes were held and lectures g
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