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of animals than with diseases of human beings; and in 

 the experimental pathology course the animal world 

 is represented from the proto/oa to the mammalia. 



I have dwell so long on these laboratory courses 

 because, in my opinion, practical work ought to be the 

 chief point when general pathology is taught as a univer- 

 sity subject, and because I think that, at most univer- 

 sities, too little attention is paid to this side of the study. 

 Indeed, especially with regard to pathological physiology 

 sensu strictiori, no Faculty that I know intimately or from 

 which I have gathered information about curricula has 

 organised a similar practical course as we have done here. 



I hope these practical courses will remain as part of 

 the teaching of pathology at our University. However, 

 it would be better if the two of them that naturally go 

 together, were made into one course on the pathology of in- 

 fectious diseases. Further the laboratory work in experi- 

 mental pathology ought to be gradually extended so as to 

 include an increasing number of the different parts of pa- 

 thological physiology. The task of the teacher will be lo 

 select and arrange, among the many diversified experi- 

 ments, those which are, at the time, fundamental, instruc- 

 tive, and easy to carry out, and to help the students to 

 work into a whole, by means of lectures, colloquia and 

 their independent studies, the rich material of experi- 

 ments and observations which they have gathered at the 

 two courses. 



I do not think it necessary to enter more thoroughly 

 into the question of the theoretical training which is 

 to go together with practical laboratory work. I only 

 want to point out that, in my opinion, it is to be given 

 through examinatoria. As already stated, the subjects to 

 be taught are general etiology and general pathological 

 physiology. This is also the limitation of the subject 



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