18 THE GROWTH OF SCIENCE 



Questions and Suggestions 



1. Do 3'ou know of any superstitions that persist to-day in the 

 treatment of disease? Is there any scientific foundation for such 

 superstitions ? 



2. What was the importance of the work of VesaHus ? 



3. Who was Aristotle ? 



4. Contrast the ancient method in treating disease with the modern 

 scientific wav ? 



5. In your research notebook define the divisions of biology repre- 

 sented in the diagram. 



6. Give the proper names to the men who speciahze in each division 

 noted. 



7. a. List ten or more "ologies" not given in our outhne. 



h. Underhne those "ologies" which might properly be included 

 in the circle of biology. 



c. Place an m in front of the biological "ologies" just under- 

 lined, that are morphological, a p in front of the ones that 

 you think are physiological. 



Supplementary Reading 



Dana, Chas. L., Peahs of Medical History (Paul B. Hoeber [Medical Pub.]), 



chaps, i— vi. 

 Locy, W. A., Biologii and its Makers (Henry Holt & Co.). 

 Locy, W. A., Growth of Biology (Henry Holt & Co.). 

 Osborn, H. F., From the Greeks to Darwin (Charles Scribner's Sons). 



