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THE MEDICAL COLLEGE. 207
Preliminary training in comparative anatomy is very desirable. A
practical in addition to a written examination is held by the professor
of anatomy at the end of the second year. At the end of the first
year there is a written review or examination on the work of the year.
Physiology.
Instruction in this branch is given by recitations and demonstra
tions during the entire session to the first and second year students.
Recitations. The first year students recite twice weekly from a
standard text-book, completing the entire subject, except the nervous
system and the special senses. During the second year they recite
once a week, devote their time to the nervous system and special
senses, and review the work of the preceding year. The instructor,
by means of fresh dissections, models, and additional explanations, is
enabled to make the more difficult portions of the subject compre
hensible.
Lectures. The lectures by the professor are so far as possible ex
perimental and illustrative, particular attention being
paid to the
practical application of physiological principles of medicine and
surgery.
The physiological laboratory is amply provided with models and
apparatus for illustration and for original research.
Chemistry, Physics,
and Toxicology.
Students of the first year will receive two lectures each week on
physics, the divisions of the subject being considered in the following
order : General properties of matter and force, mechanics, hydrosta
tics, pneumatics, optics, electricity, heat and acoustics. The lectures
will be abundantly illustrated and the relations of physics to surgery
and medicine will be particularly considered. During the second
year students will attend two lectures weekly. Organic chemistry
will be considered in the earlier part of the term to an extent suffi
cient to impart a knowledge of the principles of combination of the
carbon compounds and the properties and relationships of those
which are of phsiological, toxicological or therapeutical interest.
The lectures during the latter part of the second year will be upon
physiological chemistry. During the third year one lecture will be
given weekly on toxicology. In these lectures the medical and
medico-legal bearings of the subjects will be chiefly considered.
Students of the first year will recite twice each week on physics and
the principles of chemistry and mineral chemistry. Those of the second
year will recite once weekly on organic and physiological chemistry.