172 PHILOSOPHIC APPARATUS. 



ethics and philosophical teaching of Scotland. Oxford 

 had other charms in its fellowships and endowments, 

 and its pleasant retreats for the aged literati, or those 

 who had earned a philosophical status within its aca- 

 demic halls. 



To render anatomical and physiological research 

 worthy of its high calling, and consonant with his 

 wonted mode of investigation, Goodsir saw the desir- 

 ability of having the most perfect instruments to work 

 with. The great minds of Europe, bent on similar 

 inquiries as Goodsir, called in the aid of the philoso- 

 phical instrument maker. He had frequently com- 

 missioned his pupils or friends visiting the Continent, 

 to pick up all the novel apparatus applicable to 

 anatomy and physiology; and in 1859, between the 

 winter and summer sessions, he visited Paris solely 

 for the purpose of obtaining philosophic apparatus. 

 In the autumn of the same year, and for a similar 

 object, he visited Leipsic, Dresden, and Vienna. He 

 of course spent much time in the museums, and talked 

 with all the men of eminence. He was greatly pleased 

 with the city of Prague, and not least with what he 

 saw in the dissecting rooms there, and which he con- 

 sidered worthy of being adopted at home. These 

 frequent visits to the Continent enabled him to 

 purchase a complete collection of physiological appa- 

 ratus, such as had been employed by Du Bois Rey- 

 mond, Vierordt, Pfliiger, and Helmholtz, and other 

 distinguished German physiologists. He was the 

 first to introduce these very costly instruments to 



