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A medicine storage apparatus includes a cassette having an inlet-outlet opening for delivering/receiving items of medicine therethrough and adapted to store items of medicine arranged in array while a force is applied to the items of medicine toward the inlet-outlet opening; a support mechanism for

A medicine storage apparatus includes a cassette having an inlet-outlet opening for delivering/receiving items of medicine therethrough and adapted to store items of medicine arranged in array while a force is applied to the items of medicine toward the inlet-outlet opening; a support mechanism for supporting the cassette while the inlet-outlet opening is exposed; and a counting mechanism for counting the number of items of medicine stored in the cassette. A user takes out items of medicine stored in the cassette from the inlet-outlet opening in an arrayed sequence when the medicine is to be used. Among the delivered items of medicine, unused items of medicine are pushed back into the cassette from the inlet-outlet opening.

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A medicine storage apparatus includes a cassette having an inlet-outlet opening for delivering/receiving items of medicine therethrough and adapted to store items of medicine arranged in array while a force is applied to the items of medicine toward the inlet-outlet opening; a support mechanism for

A medicine storage apparatus includes a cassette having an inlet-outlet opening for delivering/receiving items of medicine therethrough and adapted to store items of medicine arranged in array while a force is applied to the items of medicine toward the inlet-outlet opening; a support mechanism for supporting the cassette while the inlet-outlet opening is exposed; and a counting mechanism for counting the number of items of medicine stored in the cassette. A user takes out items of medicine stored in the cassette from the inlet-outlet opening in an arrayed sequence when the medicine is to be used. Among the delivered items of medicine, unused items of medicine are pushed back into the cassette from the inlet-outlet opening. means for homogenizing at least a portion of the radiation disposed between the output end of the optical fiber and an input to a spectrometer wavelength dispersive or modulating device. 2. The sampling subsystem of claim 1, wherein said means for homogenizing said radiation is a light pipe. 3. The sampling subsystem of claim 2, wherein said light pipe has a polygonal cross section. 4. The sampling subsystem of claim 2, wherein said light pipe includes one or more bends to achieve angular homogenization. 5. The sampling subsystem of claim 1, wherein angular homogenization is achieved, at least in part by passing the radiation through a glass diffuser. 6. The sampling subsystem of claim 2, wherein said light pipe includes a diffusely reflective coating on the interior surface thereof. 7. A sampling subsystem for use in optical analysis of a sample comprising: a sample head for receiving the sample thereon, the sample head having a plurality of illumination optical fibers, each with an input end and an output end, the input ends receiving radiation and the output ends mounted within the sample head to transmit radiation into the sample, the sample head further including a plurality of receiver optical fibers, each with an input end and an output end, the input ends mounted in spaced relation in the sample head for receiving at least a portion of the radiation that is diffusely reflected from the sample and transmit the radiation to the output ends; and a radiation homogenizer optically coupled to the output ends of the receiver optical fibers disposed between the output ends of the receiver optical fibers and an input to a spectrometer wavelength dispersive or modulating device for homogenizing the radiation prior to measurement. 8. The sampling subsystem of claim 7, wherein said radiation homogenizer is a light pipe. 9. The sampling subsystem of claim 8, wherein said light pipe has a polygonal cross section. 10. The sampling subsystem of claim 8, wherein said light pipe includes one or more bends to achieve angular homogenization. 11. The sampling subsystem of claim 7, wherein angular homogenization is achieved, at least in part, by passing the radiation through a glass diffuser. 12. The sampling subsystem of claim 8, wherein said light pipe includes a diffusely reflective coating on the interior surface thereof. 13. A spectroscopic system for determining property of a heterogeneous sample, the apparatus comprising: a light source that generates light; a sampling means for coupling at least a portion of the generated light to tissue and collecting the light modified by the tissue, the sampling means including a sample head for receiving a sample and a plurality of receiver optical fibers including input ends and output ends, the input ends disposed in the sample head for collecting at least a portion of the light modified by the tissue, the output ends optically coupled to an input end of a radiation homogenizer; a spectrometer optically coupled to an output end of the radiation homogenizer for measuring the optical information of the modified light collected from the tissue; and means for processing the optical information to determine a property of the sample. 14. The spectroscopic system of claim 13, wherein said radiation homogenizer is a light pipe. 15. The spectroscopic system of claim 14, wherein said light pipe has a polygonal cross section. 16. The spectroscopic system of claim 14, wherein said light pipe includes one or more bends to achieve angular homogenization. 17. The spectroscopic system of claim 13, wherein angular homogenization is achieved, at least in part, by passing the radiation through a glass diffuser. 18. The spectroscopic system of claim 14, wherein said light pipe includes a diffusely reflective coating on the interior surface thereof. 19. An apparatus for non-invasively detecting a property of human tissue by near-infrared spectroscopy comprising: an illumination subsystem which g