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206 THE MEDICAL COLLEGE.
year the lectures embrace the practical anatomy of the bones and
joints, following
the recitations on these subjects. In the second
year, after a short introductory course on embryology, the lectures
are devoted to regional, applied, and surgical anatomy the students
well being already grounded in descriptive anatomy.
One lecture a week is given during the second year by the Professor
of Practical Anatomy on the nervous system, the shape and relations
of the viscera, the joints, etc.
Descriptive anatomy is taught by recitations, section demonstrations,
and dissection.
Recitations, from standard text-books, are held by the Instructor
in Anatomy twice a week for each section of the first-year class and
once a week for each section of the second year class. During the
first year bones, joints, muscles, arteries, and veins are recited upon ;
during the second year the viscera and, the nervous system. Written
reviews are held at intervals under the direction of the Professor of
Anatomy,
the last of which is a general review or examination of the
year's work. In the first year the students of each section begin to
recite upon the bones of that part which they are to dissect at the end
of the first month, and so on through the second and third months.
Section Demonstrations are conducted by the professors and
demonstrators of Practical Anatomy once a week for each section
during the first and second years. During the first three months of the
first year that part is demonstrated, the bones of which are being studied
and which the members of the section are to dissect the next follow
ing month. The students are taught how to dissect, what to find and
where to find it. After this the joints are demonstrated and a prelimi
nary demonstration of the viscera is given. In the second year, the
brain and nervous system, organs of sense, viscera, and perineum are
demonstrated.
Dissection. The dissection of six parts (two courses) is required,
and more may be done at the option of the student. Three to five
parts may be dissected in the first year ; one to three or more in the
second year. In the first year, dissection is commenced after the
recitations and section demonstrations of the first month have pre
pared each student for the part assigned, and so on for the first three
parts.
In the dissection of the second three parts the work of the first
course, including the joints, is reviewed, and in addition the dissec
tion of the viscera and minuter parts is required. Students are
examined and marked on the dissection of each part required.
Prepared bones are loaned to students during the session, from a large
collection kept for this purpose.