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EMBRYOLOGY.

Professor Tuttle,

As a preliminary to the course in Obstetrics there is given a course
of lectures upon Embryology in which are discussed the formation
and maturation of the reproductive elements; the fertilization of the
ovum; the formation of the germ-layers and of the embryo and foetal
appendages; and the development of the tissues and organs of the

body. While the final object sought is a clear conception of these processes
as they are known or believed to take place in the formation of
the mammalian and especially the human body, the whole subject is
treated from the comparative standpoint, as that best adapted to give
intelligent and comprehensive ideas thereof; to this end the development
of a series of representative vertebrates is discussed and as far
as possible made the subject of practical study.

Text-Book.—Schaefer's Embryology (Vol. I, Part I of the tenth edition
of Quain's Anatomy). For reference: Marshall's Vertebrate Embryology;
Hertwig's Embryology of Vertebrates (Mark tr.); Minot's Human Embryology.