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medical department 133 The particular consideration of each function is then pro- ceeded with and the Anatomy of each Texture or Organ engaged is minutely described These Lectures have special reference to that knowledge of Anatomy and Physiology which is essential to the Practitioner in Medicine They are illustrated by recent Dissections by Preparations and Diagrams of parts in Human and Com- parative Anatomy by Experiments and by Microscopical Observations From three to six Microscopical Specimens illustrating the subject under consideration are placed under microscopes in the Anatomical Museum every alternate day in each week during the Winter Session between the hours of eleven and one in order that every Student may have an opportunity of examining for himself the structures described in the Lectures From the great extent of the subjects treated in this Course some of them are discussed only in alternate years The Lectures on Morbid Anatomy are given during the Summer Session IV Chemistry An extensive Philosophical Apparatus Mineralogical and Metallurgical Collections valuable Chemical Museum and complete Laboratory are attached to the Chemical Department The Course is divided into two Parts Part comprises preparatory view of the Forces which concur in the production of Chemical Phenomena with de- scription of the non-metallic Elementary Bodies and their Inorganic Compounds This division of the Course which occupies from the begin- ning of October to the end of December is specially adapted to the Matriculation Examination of the University of London and may be attended separately Part II Chemistry of the Metals Organic Products and their Metamorphoses and the Chemical Principles of Physio- logy It is the primary object of these Lectures throughout not