Book excerpt: Excerpt from Syllabus of a Course of Lectures on Anatomy and Physiology My constant aim has been to bring out in clear outline the most essential facts. Where omissions and partial statements are found this must be my apology. N ote. The student is referred to the Appendix for a supplementary statement in reference to absorption, for a tabular statement of the process of digestion, for a statement of the course of the blood in the circulation, and of its changes in passing through the principal organs, and for the discussion of the larynx. 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.