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ogy; " Schenck's " Physiologisches Practicum; " Brunton 

 and Burdon-Sanderson's " Handbook of the Physiolog- 

 ical Laboratory;" McGregor-Robertson's "Physiological 

 Physics;" Langendorf's " Physiologische Graphik," and 

 Stirling's "Practical Physiology." 



The organization and equipment of the department of 

 physiology. 



Inasmuch as many of the colleges of the Association 

 have not yet established physiological laboratories, it is 

 thought well to give a few general hints on the subject. 

 The imposing equipments which one sees in the physiolog- 

 ical institutes of Europe, equipments which, in the 

 aggregate, have cost many thousands of dollars, over- 

 awe one and make one hesitate to advise the undertaking 

 of so great a task, so we are letting the years slip by with- 

 out establishing physiological laboratories. We must not 

 forget that the equipment of European laboratories is a 

 growth which has covered many decades; and further, 

 that it is really advisable to allow a department to grow, 

 collecting, in the course of a few years, an equipment 

 which is perfectly adapted to the wants of the institution 

 and to the special methods of the head of the department. 

 The committee strongly advises the early establishment 

 of physiological laboratories, even if an institution cannot 

 appropriate for the purpose more than $1,000 to start 

 with. If an institution can devote to this department a 

 well-lighted general laboratory room 36 ft. to 40 ft. square, 

 with two or three small rooms for instrument room, work- 

 shop and library, and can appropriate $1,000 to $1,500 for 

 the first equipment, then a laboratory fee of $5 annually 

 from each student who works in the department will, in 

 the course of a, decade, produce a sufficiently full equip- 

 ment for all practical purposes. 



