The Congress Museum

NZMJ, 1926

This will be under the control of a Museum Committee, the Convenor of which is Professor Gordon Bell, Medical School, Great King St., Dunedin, to whom all communications and enquiries should be sent.

It is proposed to organise the collection of specimens, skiagrams, apparatus, etc., the suggested subjects including:—

1. Public Health Display, including various aspects of Goitre.
2. Various Aspects of Hydatid Disease.
3. Congenital Anatomical Abnormalities.
4. Casts of Anatomical Specimens.
5. Forensic Medical Specimens.
6. Diverticula of the Alimentary Tract.
7. Diseases of Bones.
8. Specimens of Special Individual Interest.
9. Casts Illustrating Plastic Surgery.
10. Specimens of Ophthalmological Interest, including many exhibited at the Ophthalmological Congress in London, 1925.

The Regulations formulated by the Museum Committee are as follows:—

1. Intending exhibitors must give full information in regard to the exhibits suggested for inclusion in the Museum on forms supplied. Exhibitors are requested to send in the forms by October 31st, 1926. Those received after this date will not be considered, save under special circumstances.
2. All forwarded exhibits must be received, properly packed, at the Medical School, Great King Street, Dunedin, by December 31st, 1926, in order that the Museum may be arranged by January 25th, 1927.
3. Exhibitors intending to bring their exhibits with them personally must give notification when sending in their forms. It is essential that such exhibits be handed in and arranged not later than the opening day of Congress, Wednesday, February 2nd, 1927.
4. The Committee has the absolute right of acceptance or refusal of the exhibits.
5. The Committee reserves to itself the right of arranging the exhibits.
6. The Committee shall be responsible for the proper exhibition of the several exhibits, and for their secure packing and dispatching on return. All exhibits will be insured and all claims for compensation for damage or loss must be made within three months of the closure of the Museum.
7. No exhibit of a commercial nature shall be included in the Museum.
8. Any exhibitor making a communication to a section may arrange with the Committee for his specimens to be available at the Sectional Meetings.
9. Exhibitors may demonstrate their specimens in the Museum.
10. No specimen may be removed from the Museum without the consent of the Committee.

Intending exhibitors should apply to Professor Bell at once for application forms with which will be sent Instructions for Sending Specimens and a copy of the Regulations.