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...university could furnish, however ideal its equipment might be would demand the contribution by the student of a certain amount of individual judgment, in reality a much greater amount than in the kind of university where education comes wrapped in neat patterns. If the student still furnished no intellectual reagent of his own, the compound would bear very little greater resemblance to education than it does at present...
...measuring rheostat" for determining the wave rate "ohmage" of the specimen. These are connected to an electrode on the forehead of a healthy human being, called the " re-agent," who stands stripped to the waist and barefooted on two metal grounding plates. The doctor "percusses" the abdomen of the reagent, i.e., thumps the back of his left hand with the middle finger of his right, on which is a weighted thimble. The abdomen normally shows a "line of dullness," below which a hollow sound is elicited. Different diseases in the patient's blood specimen cause different "areas of dullness...
...last lecture the various kinds of food-stuffs, and to some extent their course through the body. Last night he dealt with the Processes of Digestion and the Digestive Ferments. Dr. Pfeiffer began by dividing all chemical processes into five factors, as follows: The substance, the apparatus, the reagent, the nature of the reaction, and finally the nature of the products of reaction. These five factors are likewise present in all digestive processes. The substance is in this case the food-stuffs; the apparatus, the mouth, stomach, intestines, etc.; the reagents, the saliva, gastric and pancreatic juices, and the bile...
...laboratories, On the ground floor are the physiological and embryological laboratories, and on the second floor the morphological laboratory. Eight large working tables, for four men each, have been placed in the morphological laboratory in front of the windows; the end wall spaces are fitted up with instrument and reagent cases, and between the windows are hung diagrams, charts, etc. Adjoining this room is a library provided with the works necessary for the courses; and in the basement are numerous aquaria...