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and nothing else, myology, &c. But as most 

 people who study these, go farther, and learn 

 also the shape and structure of the heart, the 

 lungs, the brain, the blood-vessels, and, in fact, 

 all parts of the body, some more general name 

 would seem necessary for what they do. So- 

 we say of those who study all parts of the 

 human body just as it appears the moment the 

 soul leaves it bones, muscles, tendons, brain y 

 nerves, heart, blood-vessels, lungs, skin, &ic. 7 

 that they are studying Anatomy. 



PHYSIOLOGY. Physiology is something more 

 than all this. It is the study of the living ani- 

 mal ; how the heart, the brain, the eye, the 

 ear, the muscles, the bones, and every other 

 part, act and their uses; and an interesting 

 study it is, too. David, the king, probably 

 believed so, when, after thinking about the cu- 

 rious structure of his own body, he exclaimed, 

 " I am fearfully and wonderfully made." 



King David, however, had probably never 

 seen a complete human skeleton ; for in those 

 days, it was generally thought very wrong to 

 use the dead body of a human being for any 

 such purpose. But of late years many people 



