Science Made Easy Containing Lectures 9 10 Outlines Of Human Physiology

Excerpt from Outlines of Human Physiology Among the students of medicine there exists a need for an outline of human physiology which contains its most important facts in a concise form and gives the beginner a clear view of the entire field. It is true, such manuals exist - those of Oestrcich, Breitenstein, Schmidt, Peter, etc. - but as these contain many errors, they can hardly be regarded as aids to the student, although in general use. For this reason it appeared advisable to publish this manual. In regard to the arrangement of the material, we believe that we have not deviated to any great extent from the old and tried system. Our object has been to lay stress upon the undisputed facts, while we have not entered into the discussion of various unsettled questions. Yet in some instances we were compelled to mention the various hypotheses at present advanced. The physiological methods are dealt with very briefly and often merely indicated by a few words, as it was not our intention to give elaborate descriptions of methods and apparatus. Moreover, by a shorter presentation of the methods the erroneous notion might be called forth that but little is necessary to understand it. Hence a mere allusion seems preferable, so that the student shall realize that this manual does not contain all that he needs to know, but that it gives only a survey of the general field of physiology and cannot take the place of lectures and larger text-books. Most of the illustrations of this book arc copies of figures found in well-known text-books and original papers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.