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Professor Ralph W. Tower was appointed Curator of the new 

 Department of Physiology upon its organization in 1902. He has Ralph w. 

 directed the experimentation in the preservation of anatomical speci- A^^'ph d 

 mens and has also developed the method of preparing skeletons by 1902 ~- 

 the digestion process. 



In his laboratory work, Professor Tower was ably assisted by Dr. carl w. f. 

 Carl W. F. Miinchehofe, who was an assistant in this Department M u ^ c e ° e 

 from 1904 to 1908. Dr. Miinchehofe had had much experience in 1904-8 

 laboratory methods, having worked under Virchow, Huxley, and other 

 important European scientists, and had acquired a technic especially 

 applicable to this kind of work. Especially noteworthy are his 

 corrosion preparations of kidneys, lungs, etc., and the specimen and 

 apparatus showing the action of the valves of the heart. 



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