PROBLEMS OF MODERN SCIENCE 



categories the subject-matter should be properly 

 classified with a view to securing adequate treat- 

 ment of all its aspects and the harmonious develop- 

 ment of the whole. 



CLASSIFICATION OF THE BIOLOGICAL 

 SCIENCES 



PURE BIOLOGY 



A. Descriptive and Systematic 



Morphology 



Anatomy, Histology, Cytology 

 Embryology 

 Palaeontology 



Systematic Zoology, Anthropology, etc. 

 Systematic Botany, Bacteriology, etc. 

 Biogeography 



B. Experimental 



Physiology 



General (Animals and Plants) 



Biochemistry, Biophysics 



Physiology of Special Functions 



Experimental Psychology and Animal Behaviour 

 Experimental Morphology and Embryology 

 Genetics 

 Biometrics 



C. Philosophical 



Theory of Organic Evolution 

 Theory of Heredity 

 Psychology, Metaphysics 

 Sociology, History, etc. 



APPLIED BIOLOGY 

 Medicine, Surgery, Parasitology, 

 Plant and Animal Breeding, Forestry, 

 Agriculture, Horticulture, Fisheries, etc. 



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