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1 68 ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT.
lighted by skylights and by electricity. It is heated by steam and hot
air. The ventilation is nearly perfect, fresh air being forced into the
room by large fans situated in the basement. The entire volume of
air in the laboratory can be changed every five minutes without creat
ing any perceptible draft. This constant supply of perfectly pure air
is an important feature in a dissecting room. The laboratory is sup
plied with mounted skeletons, and other osteological material, a large
refrigerator, injecting and other laboratory apparatus.
In addition to the general library of the University, there are upon
the book-shelves of the laboratory dictionaries, both English and
medical, a set of the Reference Handbook of the Medical Sciences,
standard text-books of anatomy, physiology, physics, etc., for the
special use of students in the laboratory, as books of reference.
Connected with the main laboratory is a smaller one, 22 feet by 22,
which is used as a preparation room and as a private laboratory.
Opening into the laboratories is a locker room, containing locker
accommodations for 150 students, and off from this room are the
lavatories, etc.
The following courses are offered in 1899-1900 :
1. Anatomical Methods and Gross Anatomy. Fall term.
Three hours. Lecture S., 12. Laboratory work by appointment.
This course is intended for students just beginning the study of
anatomy. The objects of the course are to present fundamental facts
of comparative anatomy ; to train the eye to distinguish readily the
various structures of the body and the hand to deftness and accuracy
of manipulation. The work comprises comparative osteology ; dis
section of examples of each class of joints ; muscles of the cat's arm ;
the viscera. Assistant Professor Hopkins.
2. Advanced Anatomy. Winter term. Three hours. Lecture,
S., 12. Laboratory work by appointment. This course is devoted
to the study of the vascular, lymphatic and peripheral nervous sys
tems and the organs of sense, the eye and ear.
Course 2 is a continuation of course 1 , and must be preceded by it,
or its equivalent. In these two courses the student not only learns
some anatomy but also methods of preparing anatomical material for
demonstration and the museum ; injection of the blood and lymph
vessels ; corrosion preparations, etc. The two courses may be taken
with advantage by those who expect to teach or are preparing for the
study of medicine. Assistant Professor Hopkins.
3. Human or Comparative Anatomy. Laboratory work through
the year. This course is designed for those wishing some knowledge
of human anatomy, or to make special investigations in the prepara
tion of thesis, etc. Assistant Professor Hopkins.