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COMPARATIVE ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY.
A feature in the course of medical instruction at this University
worthy of note is the space given to Comparative Anatomy and Comparative
Physiology. The structure and functions of the organs in the
human system can, in fact, be fully understood only by comparisons
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extensively varied types of animal forms, all executing substantially
the same fundamental phenomena of life, enables the inquirer to ascertain
what are the essential constituents of each organ, and what
the essential conditions of its action. By this process knowledge is
made positive by experiments ready prepared by nature, which are
much more trustworthy than any that may be specially contrived by
man.
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