 The Society had an expansive Anatomical Cabinet , begun in 1828 , the year of its founding . It included a number of specimens from the War of 1812 , which had been acquired by the Society from Dr. S. D. Townsend and Charles H. Stedman of the Chelsea Naval Hospital . It also included a number of Chinese paintings of medical cases donated by Robert William Hooper . By 1840 , the cabinet was estimated to contain around 600 specimens . Beginning in 1831 the Cabinet was curated by J.B.S. Jackson ( also curator of the Warren Anatomical Museum from 1847 on ) . The two were merged around 1870 , and Jackson continued his work until his death in 1879 . 
