 | The University of Virginia record February, 1909 |  |
ANATOMY.
Professor Whitehead.
Adjunct Professor Byrnes.
Adjunct Professor Jordan.
Mr. Smart.
The work in this subject extends through the entire first year and
the first six months of the second year. It is divided, for the sake of
convenience, as follows:
Anatomy 1.—Six hours weekly until November 1st; twelve hours
weekly from November 1st to the end of the winter term of the first year.
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.
grade. Dr. Whitehead.
Anatomy 2.—Six hours weekly during the spring term of the first
year. In this course, the central nervous system is studied in some detail.
The study begins with the spinal cord, its membranes, circulation, and gross
anatomy. One complete spinal cord is given to each two students. This
is followed by the microscopic study of sections from the more important
spinal segments.
The brain is then studied in a similar manner. In the gross study
one entire brain is furnished to each two students, supplemented by transverse
and sagittal sections. The microscopic sections consist of a transverse
series extending from the pyramidal decussation to the head of the
caudate nucelus, so arranged that each student will have at least twenty-five
sections in series, thus affording sufficient continuity of structure.
Great emphasis is attached to laboratory work, and the actual knowledge
of the specimens studied. This is supplemented by recitations, and occasional
lectures. Dr. Byrnes.
Anatomy 3.—Ten hours weekly from October 1st through the fall
term and fourteen hours weekly during the winter term of the second
year. This course is the continuation of Anatomy 1, and consists of the
systematic dissection and study, by essentially the same methods, of the
parts not studied during the first year. Dr. Byrnes.
Histology.—Three lectures or recitations and nine hours of laboratory
work weekly during the fall and winter terms of the first year.
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, and various 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 2, and of eighty per cent. for admission to Pathology.
Dr. Jordan and Mr. Smart.
Embryology.—Nine hours weekly during the spring term of the first
year. The laboratory work (six hours weekly) is accompanied by lectures,
recitations, and the study of models and text-books. The course aims to
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. Smart.
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