Syllabus of a course of ten lectures on physiological discovery : a retrospect, historical, biographical, and critical / by J.G. McKendrick, M.D., LL.D., F.R.S.E., F.R.C.P.E.

  • McKendrick, John G. (John Gray), 1841-1926.
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[1883]
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    itogal institution of ffiwat IBtitain, ALBEMARLE STREET, PICCADILLY, W. March 1883. SYLLABUS OF A COURSE OF TEN LECTURES ON PHYSIOLOGICAL DISCOVERY: A RETROSPECT, HISTORICAL, BIOGRAPHICAL, AND CRITICAL, BY J. Gr. McKENDRICK, M.D. LLD. F.R.S.E. F.R.C.P.E. PROFESSOR OF PHYSIOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW, AND FCLLERIAN PROFESSOR OF PHYSIOLOGY, R. I. The object of this course of lectures will be to trace the progress of physiological research from about the beginning of the sixteenth century to recent times, and more especially along those lines which have led to great results. Admitting that the deepest foundation of physiological science is a. knowledge of structure, both of organ and of tissue, it will be the aim to show how physiology has gradually attempted to solve some of its problems by the methods of physics and of chemistry, and has thus become a branch of experimental science. The method followed will be to describe briefly the lives of the great discoverers, to indicate the influence of contemporary science on their ideas and opinions, and to show how their labours have brought us to our present position. As far as possible, the fundamental experiments of discoverers will be shown or illustrated, and these will be compared with present methods.