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MEDICAL BIOLOGY.
| Professor Tuttle, | Mr. Powell, |
| Dr. Skeen, | Mr. Fox, |
| Mr. Laning, | Mr. Livermore. |
Under this title are grouped, for convenience, the lectures in the
courses described below, the whole forming a continuous series of
three lectures a week throughout the first year of the Medical course.
Each lecture 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; forty-eight 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 set of dissecting instruments, and
with slides, covers, and labels for microscopical preparations; all other
appliances are provided by the laboratory without charge.
Comparative Anatomy.—The lectures of the first three months are
devoted to the discussion of the comparative anatomy of vertebrates,
the thoracic and abdominal viscera being chiefly considered; the student,
in the meantime, dissecting and studying a series of animals
representative of the principal sub-divisions of the group. The objects
of the course are to give such fundamental morphological conceptions
and such general anatomical knowledge as shall pave the way for the
detailed and specific study of Human Anatomy; to familiarize the student
with the normal appearance of healthy organs and tissues as seen
immediately after death; and to lay the foundation for the subsequent
intelligent study of Histology and of Physiology. The dissections are
supplemented by demonstrations and the study of permanent preparations
illustrative of features of importance.
Text-Book.—None is required at present. Parker's Zoötomy is recommended
for laboratory use, and Wiedersheim's Comparative Anatomy of
Vertebrates (Parker's translation) for collateral reading.
Histology.—The lectures of the ensuing months are devoted to the
allied subjects of Histology and Histological Anatomy. In the first
part of the course the tissues and their component elements are carefully
examined, both singly and in their primary aggregates, as are
also those organs which consist largely of one form of tissue. 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. While the primary object
of the course is the imparting of clear and accurate knowledge of the
minute structure of the body, due attention is paid to the technique
which is necessary as a means to that end; students are therefore
carefully trained in the use of the microscope and in histological
processes, including the selection and preparation of material, the
making and mounting of sections, and their subsequent study.
Text-Book.—The Professor's Elements of Histology. For reference:
Shaefer's Essentials of Histology; Piersol's Normal Histology; Stirling's
Outlines of Practical Histology.
The attainments of the student in each of the divisions of the course
are tested by both written and practical examinations; his standing for
the year is determined by an average of all the marks received. Diligent
use of the opportunities afforded in the laboratory is essential
to the successful completion of the work of the year, and students who
are persistently irregular and negligent of their work will not be
admitted to the examinations.
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