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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 department; 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 examinations, 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, assisted by Mr. Pagenstecher.
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 maliormations.
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.
The 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, assisted by
Mr. Pagenstecher.
Organic Chemistry.—Lectures and recitations three hours weekly, laboratory
work six and eight hours weekly respectively 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.
During the second term certain qualitative and quantitative work of
immediate importance in physiological chemistry is introduced into the
course. This includes, among other things, the reactions of carbohydrates,
the quantitative determination of sugar (Fehling and Benedict), total
methods), chlorids, and total acidity of urine (Folin).
A record of seventy per cent. on this course is required for admission
to Physiological Chemistry. Dr. Edgar and Dr. Pratt.
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 more
important compounds with which the student must deal in his subsequent
studies of physiology. The laboratory work, continuing that upon the
carbohydrates and the quantitative methods given in the laboratory of
Organic Chemistry, consists of the thorough study of the properties of the
fats, soaps, fatty acids, and proteins, and of the more important members
of each of these groups; the composition of blood, milk, and bile; the action
of the more important digestive enzymes and of the bile; and the
chemistry of the urine. Accurate quantitative determinations are required
of creatinin (Folin), creatin (Benedict), and of urea, ammonia, uric acid,
etc., by the microchemical methods of Folin. After this the class in
sections carries out analyses of 24-hour urines, these analyses including,
in duplicate, all the quantitative determinations which have previously
been learned.
A grade of seventy per cent. on this course is required for admission
to Physiology. Dr. Hough and assistant.
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