A text-book of comparative physiology : for students and practitioners of comparative (veterinary) medicine / by Wesley Mills.
- Date:
- 1891
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A text-book of comparative physiology : for students and practitioners of comparative (veterinary) medicine / by Wesley Mills. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![Biol- ogy. The science of liv- ing I things; i. 6., of matter in the living- state. f Mor- ! phol- ogy- The i science of form, struct- m'e, etc. Essen- tially statical. Physi- ology The science of action or func- tion. Essen- tially dynam- ical. (' Anatomy. 1 ] T he science of structure; thetermbeing usually applied to the coarser and more obvious composition of plants or animals. Histology. Microscopical anatomy. The ultimate optical analysis of structure by the aid of the mi- croscope ; separated from anatomy only as a matter of conven- ience. Taxonomy. The classification of liv- ing things, based chiefly on phenomena of structure. Distribution. Considers the position of living thmgs in space and time ; their distribution over the present face of • the earth; and their dis- tribution and succes- sion at former pe- riods, as displayed in fossil remains. Embryology. The science of develop- ment from the germ; includes many mixed problems pertaining both to morphology and physiology. At present largely mor- phological. Physiology. The special science of the functions of the individual in health and in disease; lience including Pathology. Psychologij. The science of mental phenomena. Sociology. The science of social life, i. e., the life of communities, wheth- er of men or of lower animals. Botany. The science of veg- etal living matter or plants. Biol- ogy. The science of liv- I ing thmgs; i. e., of matter in the living state. Zool- ogy. The science of animal living matter or ani mals. J](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21981450_0028.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
