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1 66 ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT.
and functions of the nervous system and the sense organs. At the
practicums each student dissects the viscera and certain muscles of
the cat, and the heart, brain, and eye of the sheep ; the principal tis
sues, including living cilia, are examined under the microscope.
Professor Wilder and Dr. Stroud.
2. Vertebrate Zoology. Winter term. Three hours. Two lec
tures and one practicum ; days and hours as in course i. At the
practicums are dissected representative forms including necturus,
lamprey, ray, shark, etc. ; sections of the lancelet are studied under
the microscope. Professor Wilder and Dr. Stroud.
Course 2 must be preceded by course 1, or by course 1 in Entomol
ogy and Invertebrate Zoology.
3. Neurology. Spring term. Three hours. Two lectures and
one practicum ; days and hours as in course 1. The lectures deal
with (a) the comparative anatomy of the brain ; (b) the morphology
of the human brain ; (c) the cerebral fissures. Professor Wilder
and Dr. Stroud.
Course 3 must be preceded by courses 1 and 2.
4. Practical Physiology. Fall term. work Laboratory with
occasional lectures and demonstrations. Three hours. An extension
of course 1 with special reference to the needs of teachers of elemen
tary physiology. The practicum dissections are repeated. The cor
responding human organs are examined. The students are shown
how to perform for themselves simple chemical and physiologic ex
periments ; the latter are all callisections, i. e. , are done upon animals
just killed or completely anesthetized. Dr. Stroud.
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Course 4 must be preceded or accompanied by course 1
5. Comparative Anatomy. Winter term. Three hours. Labo
ratory work with a weekly
course 2. Professor Wilder and Dr. Stroud.
lecture or recitation. An extension of
Course 5 must be preceded or accompanied by course 2.
6. Systematic and Economic Zoology and Museum Methods.
Three hours per week throughout the year. Laboratory and field
work with occasional lectures. Mr. Reed.
Course 6 must be preceded or accompanied by course 2.
During the spring term of 1899-1900 course 6 may be supplemented
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or partly replaced by the lectures on Pisciculture by
mann under the auspices of the College of Forestry.
7. Physiology of the Nervous System. Spring term. Three
hours ; one lecture, one recitation and one exercise laboratory in dis
section or experimentation. Professor Wilder and Dr. Stroud.
Course 7 must be preceded by courses 1 and 4.