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ject first, followed by the respiratory system, which pre- 

 sents simple problems in mechanics, physics and chem- 

 istry. The student, having in the meantime made some 

 progress in physiological chemistry, is able to comprehend 

 the general features of the chemical problems involved in 

 digestion, and should now enter upon a systematic consid- 

 eration of nutrition : 1, food and foodstuffs; 2, prepara- 

 tion of foods; 3, mastication; 4, deglutition; 5, salivary di- 

 gestion; 6, gastric digestion; 7, intestinal digestion; 8, ab- 

 sorption; 9, distribution; 10, assimilation or anabolism; 11, 

 katabolism and animal heat, and 12, excretion. This course 

 will probably consume the second semester of the first year 

 and a part or all of the first semester of the second near. 

 The remaining time allotted to physiology should be de- 

 voted to the physiology of the nervous system, the phys- 

 iology of the special senses, and the physiology of repro- 

 duction. All of these courses should be accompanied by 

 laboratory work. 



After the student has completed the above required 

 courses he should be given an opportunity to elect special 

 courses in physiology during the second semester of the 

 second year and during the third year. Profitable elective 

 courses would be, for example: 1. Physiology of intra- 

 uterine life, following Preyer's " Physiologic des Embryos;" 

 2. Special problems in the physiology of digestion, follow- 

 ing Brunton in "Handbook for the Physiological Labora- 

 tory; " 3. Physical examinations of the blood, using hema- 

 tokrit, hemometer, corpuscle counter, micrometer and 

 staining methods; 4. Experimental physiology of the cen- 

 tral nervous system, following Cyon; 5. Physiological 

 psychology, following Wundt or Ladd. The instructor 

 may get much help from such works as Cyon's " Methodik 

 der Physiol. Experimente; " Gscheidlen's " Physiologische 

 Methodik;" Foster and Langley's " Practical Physiol- 



