INTRODUCTION. xilii 



defideratum, a Botanic Garden may be confidered as one 

 of the means of affording fubftantial help to the Iabour> 

 of the Agricultural Society, and be conducive to the 

 improvement of modern hufbandry. When thefe things 



It may not be uninterefling to fomc to be informed, of the particular a.Ivarita«-ci 

 which the School of Anatomy in Columbia College affords. The ProftlTor has been at 

 confiderablc pains to eflablifti an Anatomical Mufeum, and for this purpofe he has made 

 two vifits to Europe; the laft exprcfsly to colle(5l anatomical preparations; and what a 

 twelvemonth of labour and induflrycouldobtain,if.now exhibited in ColumbiaCollege. In this 

 colledlion, the intimate flrufture of all the important organs in the body is mademanifcft 

 and confpicuous ; fo that where defcription fails to give clear conceptions, the eye makes 

 Tip the deficieney, and communicates to the mind a jufl and accurate knowledge. The 

 advantages of preparations in a courfe of anatomical ledlures are fo obvious, that any 

 obfervations tending to fhow their utility are quite unnecefTary. It is fuflScient to add 

 that without fnch aid it is impoffible for any teacher to convey precife ideas of the ftrudlure 

 of the animal bedy. 



4. The Obftctric Branch, of which John R. B. Rodgers, M. D, is ProfelTor, 



comprehends the Phyfiology and Pathology of Parturition. The Profeffor gives an 



anatomical defcription of fuch parts as are ncceffary to the confideration of his fubjeft, 



and explains the difeafcs to which they are incident, as well as the general difeafes of 



the female fyflem. He recites the various complaints of pregnancy, and the means of 



alleviating them. The varieties of parturition arc detailed, and exemplified by machinery, 



as well as in pra<9;ice. The difeafes of the child-bed flate are accurately treated of, 



together with the management of women at that time. 



I 

 The laft part of the courfe comprehends not only the difeafcs to wiiich children are 



fubje(5l in the month, but alfo thofe which moft generally affed tkeni in the firft years of 



their lives. The Obftetric courfe, in fhort, gives a confiderable view of PhyOoIogy, and 



takes in an extenfive range of the Pradice of Phyfic. 



