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78 medical department XI Comparative Anatomy and Physiology First Division of the Course -On the forms habits and gene- ral organization of the different classes composing the animal creation -This division of the Course is equivalent to the Course of Lectures on Natural History required by the Army Medical Board Second Division of the Course -Comparative Physiology This division qualifies for examination at the University of London The subject will be illustrated by most extensive series of diagrams and by the preparations and specimens contained in the Museums of Anatomy Comparative Anatomy Zoology and Geology belonging to the College XII Demonstrations in Chemical Manipulation These Demonstrations commence with the Summer Session and terminate about the middle of June The instruction given is comprised in thirty lessons of two hours each and is so arranged that each Student performs the operations which are in most frequent use in the Laboratory for the purposes of analysis or research To facilitate the course of study the Pupils are di ided into groups each pur- suing distinct plan of operations As the keeping of accurate notes is quite as important as the performance of the experiments themselves every Student is required to keep note-book of his operations to be open to the inspection of the Professor and Demonstrator and in which the calculations and results are recorded with the pro- bable reasons of failure if the experiments are unsuccessful During this Course brief explanation is given of the prin- eipal phenomena developed in order to connect the facts ob served with the principles on which they rest but as it is not intended as systematic course on the science no one will be