PROCEEDINGS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF 

 AMERICAN ANATOMISTS.^ 



FIFTEENTH SESSION. 

 University of Chicago, Decemher 31, 1901, to January 2, 1902. 



A ONE-YEAK ANATOMICAL COUESE; ITS AKKANGEMENT, MERITS, 

 AND DISADVANTAGES. By Eobekt J. Terry. 



In the course under consideration, the study of anatomy has been lim- 

 ited ahnost entirely to the first yedr in order that the students may 

 receive better preparation for the study of physiology and pathology 

 than was the case when these three branches were carried on simul- 

 taneously. 



Recognizing the fact that the opportunities for learning anatomy 

 well would be lessened by such a change, if other conditions remained 

 the same, the following measures were adopted to obviate the difficulty : 



a. The number of subjects taught in the first year has been reduced. 



b. The amount of practical work in anatomy has been extended and 

 the work so arranged that every member of the class dissects the same 

 part at the same time. 



c. The dissection of fresh organs obtained from the slaughter house 

 accompanies the dissection of the chest and abdomen, so that the struc- 

 ture and topography of these parts are studied together. 



d. The order of topics in histology is the same as for gross anatomy, 

 so that for any organ the position and relations and the gross and 

 microscopic structure are gone over during the same period. 



Throughout the year a complete record of the dissection is kept and 

 this together with the hospital history is placed on file. The skeletons 

 are carefully prepared and stored. The one-year course has been in 

 operation less than three years, so that a just criticism can hardly be 

 made. The object for which the change was undertaken has, of course, 



^ In future the " Proceedings of the Association of American Anatomists," 

 will be published in an earlier nnmber of the annnal volume, as soon as 

 possible after the December meeting-. 



