Laboratory Exercises in Anatomy and Physiology (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Excerpt from Laboratory Exercises in Anatomy and Physiology

Since physiology precedes physics and chemistry in the ordinary high school courses of study, it is necessary to give the pupil a few ideas of the fundamental principles of these subjects. It seems wise to discuss oxidation and its products more or less thoroughly, and to dwell upon os mosis, atmospheric pressure, and the properties of acids and alkalis. The structure and physiology of the organs of special sense (eye, ear), as well as the thorough consider ation of levers, should be omitted, in my judgment, until after a course in physics has been taken.

It is not expected that all of the following experiments will be performed in the limited time usually assigned in the curriculum to this Subject. The exercises are, how ever, sufficiently varied to allow a wide range of choice. The laboratory work on a given topic should, if possible, be given before the study of that topic in the text-book.

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Excerpt from Laboratory Exercises in Anatomy and Physiology

Every pupil in the study of human physiology should be led to see that most of the materials required for observation and experiment in this subject are furnished by the organs and tissues of his own body. The following laboratory directions aim primarily to familiarize the pupil with the working of his own organs of motion, circulation, respiration, and digestion. Much of the necessary supplementary material (soup-bones, meat, foods, etc.) can be easily obtained by the student. The pieces of apparatus needed for the class demonstrations and experiments (test-tubes, bell-jars, thistle-tubes) are usually found in the chemical or physical laboratory of the school.

At the beginning of each topic of study I have given directions which in my experience have been found necessary to guide the pupil in his observations and experiments. The questions which follow these directions have been framed with the object of leading the student to seek the facts from the material itself. The student should be trained especially to distinguish in the experiments observed results from the inferences that may be drawn from those results.

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