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HISTOLOGY AND EMBRYOLOGY.

   

Professor Tuttle.	Mr. Goodwin.
Adjunct Professor Flippin.	Mr. Fletcher.

Each lecture of the course is accompanied by two hours of
practical work in the laboratory illustrative of the topics discussed.
The laboratory is convenient, well lighted, and amply equipped;
thirty desks are provided with microscopes, accessory apparatus, and all
necessary reagents, and the class is divided into working sections not
exceeding that number; desks are assigned by lot at the opening of the
session, and apparatus issued as needed from time to time. Each student
is required to provide himself with a section razor, a set of dissecting
instruments, and with slides, covers, and labels for microscopical preparations;
all other appliances are provided by the laboratory without
charge.

The lectures of the course are devoted in part to the allied subjects
of Histology and Histological Anatomy, and in part to Embryology.
In the first part of this division of the course the tissues
and their component elements are carefully examined, both singly
and in their primary aggregations, as are also those organs which
consist largely of one form of tissue. This is followed by a discussion
of the essential structure of the animal cell and of the phenomena
of cell-division. The reproductive elements, the process of fertilization,
and the formation of the blastoderm and its primary layers
are then considered. The remainder of the course is devoted to an
examination of the more complex organs and systems of organs,
their constituent tissues and the relations between them being studied;
and to a description of the embryological development of each system
in connection with the study of its adult structure.

The attainments of the student are tested by both written and
practical examinations; his standing for the year is determined by
an average of the total marks received.