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

  • Gerald Francis Yeo
Date:
1887
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Credit: A manual of physiology : for the use of junior students of medicine / by Gerald F. Yeo. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TO THE FIRST EDITION. ♦ The present volume has been written at the desire on the part of the Publishers that a new elementary treatise on Physiology should be added to the series of admirable students' manuals which they had previously issued. In carrying this desire into execution I have endeavoured to avoid theories which have not borne the test of time, and such details of methods as are unnecessary for junior students. I do not give any history of how our knowledge has grown to its present standpoint; nor do I mention the names of the authorities upon whose writings my statements depend. I have also omitted the mention of exceptional points, because I find that exceptions are more easily remem- bered than the main facts from which they differ ; and, since we must often be content with the retention of the one or the other, I have tried to ensure that it shall be the more im- portant. While endeavouring to save the student from doubtful and erroneous doctrines, I have taken great care not to omit any important facts that are necessary to his acquirement of as clear an idea as possible of the principles of Physiology. I have not hesitated to lay unwonted stress upon those points which many years' practical experience as a teacher and an examiner has shown me are difficult to grasp and
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