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FIRST YEAR.

Anatomy 1.—Six hours weekly until November 1st; twelve hours
weekly from November 1st to the end of the winter term. This course
begins with a systematic study of the bones, on the completion of
which a part (either the head and neck with the upper extremity
and thorax, or the lower extremity and abdomen) is assigned to
each student for dissection and study. For this purpose each cadaver
is considered as composed of four parts; on the completion of
this course and Anatomy 3 each student has dissected a lateral half
of the body. Emphasis is placed upon the benefit to be derived by
the student who obtains his knowledge at first hand and by his own
personal efforts. While practical dissection and the consideration
of topographical relations make up the essential features of the
course, there are occasional lectures and frequent recitations, followed
by a final written examination in March. The satisfactory
performance of the laboratory work is essential to a passing grade.
Dr. Whitehead.

Anatomy 2.—Six hours weekly during the spring term. This course
consists in a laboratory study of the anatomy of the central nervous
system carried out in considerable detail. The gross anatomy of
the spinal cord and brain is first considered, on the completion of

which sections of the more important regions are studied carefully
with the aid of the microscope. For the purposes of the course the
laboratory is well equipped. Fresh brains are obtained each year
from the dissecting material of the departments; and several excellent
series of sections of the cord and brain both of infants and
adults stained by the Weigert-Pal method are thoroughly used. The
laboratory work is supplemented by recitations and occasional lectures.
Dr. Whitehead.

Histology.—Three lectures or recitations and nine hours of laboratory
work weekly during the fall and winter terms. The student's record
in the course will depend upon his recitations, laboratory drawing
books, and final examination, both written and practical. The
course aims to acquaint the student primarily with the microscopic
structure of cells, tissues, and organs. Cytogenesis and histogenesis
are briefly considered in the case of many tissues studied;
and the relation of the whole subject of histology to pathology is
never lost sight of. The student is also given opportunity to acquaint
himself with the principles and practice of histological technique.
The laboratory is excellently equipped with microscopes,
paraffin baths, microtomes, a micropolariscope, a projectoscope and
other accessories essential to the most favorable presentation of this
course.

A record of seventy per cent. in this course is required for admission
to Physiology, and of eighty per cent. for admission to
Pathology. Dr. Jordan and Mr. Steele.

Embryology.—Nine hours weekly during the spring term. The
laboratory work (six hours weekly) is accompanied by lectures,
recitations, and the study of models and text-books. The course
aims to give the student a knowledge of developmental processes, in
the light of which he may the better understand the more abstruse
normal conditions of adult anatomy, as well as many anomalies
and variations, neoplasms and malformations. The close correlation
of obstetrics is recognized, and a correct knowledge of the fetus
and its membranes is taught from the embryological approach.
The course is made as practical as possible for the student and
practitioner of medicine. It begins with a consideration of maturation
phenomena, fertilization, segmentation, and the development of
the germ-layers. This study is made chiefly upon the ova and early
stages of an invertebrate, followed by a comparison in an amphibian.
The chick is used for the primary relations of the systems
to one another; and this is followed by the study of pig embryos,
where each system is taken up separately and the organology and
histogenesis of its parts are studied. Finally, the fetal membranes
and their relations to the fetus and uterus are studied in their variations
among the amniota. Dr. Jordan and Mr. Steele.

Organic Chemistry.—Lectures and recitations three hours weekly,
laboratory work six hours weekly during the fall and winter terms. This
course includes the systematic study of organic chemistry or the
chemistry of the compounds of carbon, with special reference to
substances of importance in their relation to medicine. The object
of this course of study is to familiarize the student with the more
important organic compounds and with the methods at present employed
in chemical synthesis and to lay the foundation for subsequent
work in physiological chemistry, pharmacology, etc., etc.

A record of seventy per cent. on this course is required for admission
to Physiological Chemistry. Dr. Edgar and Mr. Diggs.

Physiological Chemistry.—Three lectures, three recitations and nine
hours of laboratory work weekly during the spring term. This course
has for its object to afford instruction in the fundamentals of physiological
chemistry, especially the chemical structure, properties, and
reactions of the most important compounds with which the student
must deal in his subsequent studies of physiology. The laboratory
work, for which ample facilities are provided, consists of the thorough
study of the properties of the carbonhydrates, fats, soaps, fatty
acids, and proteins, and of the more important members of each of
these groups; the composition of blood, milk, muscle, pancreas, and
other organs; the action of the more important digestive enzymes and
of the bile; and the chemistry of the urine. Accurate quantitative determinations
are required of urea (Folin), total nitrogen (Kjeldahl),
uric acid (Hopkins-Folin), ammonia (Folin), sugar (Fehling and
Benedict), and kreatinin (Folin). Other processes of quantitative
analysis, such as the Soxhlet method of fat determination and the
silver nitrate method of determining the total purins, are either
demonstrated or their essential manipulations carried out by the
student himself. The exceptional preparation of students not only
in general but also in organic chemistry makes it possible to acquire
in this course both a clear understanding of the problems of physiological
chemistry, and also skill in the use of the fundamental
qualitative and quantitative methods.

A grade of seventy per cent. on this course is required for admission
to Physiology. Dr. Hough, Dr. Edgar, and Mr. Diggs.