A manual of physiology : for students of medicine / by Gerald F. Yeo.

  • Yeo, Gerald F., 1845-1909.
Date:
1884
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Credit: A manual of physiology : for students of medicine / by Gerald F. Yeo. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    an oxainiiier has sliowii inc arc difficult to grasp and are com- monly misunderstood ; and 1 have treated such subjects as are useful in ihe practice of medicine or surgery, more fully than those which are essential only to abstract physiological knowl- edge. As medical students are generally obliged to commence the study of Physiology without any anatomical knowledge, I believe it to be absolutely necessary that their first physiologi- cal book should contain some account of the structure and relationships of the organs, the functions of which they are about to study. I have therefore added a short account of the construction of the various })arts discussed in each chapter; it has, however, been found necessary to curtail this anatomical portion to a mere introductory sketch. Numerous illustrations, with full descriptions attached to each, are introduced to sup- plement the explanation given in the text. So far as is consistent with an accurate treatment of the sub- ject, I have avoided technical terms and scientific modes of expression. I know that in attempting to explain physiologi- cal truths in every-day language and in a plain common-sense way, I run the risk of appearing to lack the precision that such a subject demands; but after mature consideration Lhave come to the conclusion that great scientific nicety and a scho- lastic style of expression have a deterrent effect upon the be- ginner's industry; and I think it better that he should acquire the first principles of the science in homely language, than pick up technical odds and ends in learned terms, the meaning of which he does not comprehend. As many words, strange to the first year's student, have to be used and must be learned, it has been thought advisable to
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