Principles of Physiology, Designed for the use of Schools, Academies, Colleges, and the General Reader; Comprising a Familiar Explanation of the ... Reference to Those of the Inferior An - Couverture souple

Comstock, J C; Comings, Benjamin N

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ISBN 10 : 1178045927 ISBN 13 : 9781178045925

Editeur : Nabu Press, 2010

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Science of Physiology, as well as that of Zoology, in its different departments, has for several years formed a prominent branch of study in the best European systems of Education. In France, especially, great attention has been paid to these subjects, and the most distinguished scientific men of that country have not thought it beneath them to write treatises expressly for elementary instruction and for popular use. In the United States, however, until recently, Physiology has not been included in the course of study pursued inC olleges, and has been introduced into comparatively few of our Academies and Common Schools. In most Institutions it has been looked upon as a matter of secondary importance, rather than as aS cience of great practical interest and value to every individual. Medical Schools, alone, have been provided with ample facilities for investigating the structure of the human body; and a knowledge of the functions of the various organs, as well as the proper means of preserving them in health, has been regarded as the peculiar prerogative of professed physicians, and as a mystery too deep and too difficult for the comprehension of others. Happily, this state of things is now beginning to be changed. It has been discovered that there are few portions of theS cience which any young person of ordinary intelligence cannot be made to understand and to explain. The knowledge already diffused is creating a demand for more, and Physiology will soon take its appropriate place as a necessary branch of popular education. This Science has, indeed, peculiar claims to the attention of every teacher who would be successful in his profession, and of every person in any way interested in the education of the young. There is no species of knowledge more valuable to him who has the eare of young persons, than that which leads him to appreciate the mutual depend
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Nabu Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1178045927
• ISBN 13: 9781178045925
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 142
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible