Introduction To General Physiology With Practical Exercises

Author : Sir William Maddock Bayliss
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ISBN 13 : 9781330606117
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to General Physiology written by Sir William Maddock Bayliss and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-27 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Introduction to General Physiology: With Practical Exercises To write a satisfactory text-book for those commencing the study of a science is well known to be of greater difficulty than to write one for advanced students. In fact, it would probably be true to say that the former task is a severe test of the author's comprehension of the subject. I venture to hope that the thought given to the present work may not be found to have been in vain. Any readers who may find parts of it expressed insufficiently clearly are requested to help the author with suggestions. It was found to require much consideration to decide what should be omitted. My firm conviction is, that a thorough understanding of the main fundamental conceptions is of more value than a superficial acquaintance with a large number of facts and theories, even if it leads, for the moment, to the omission of what many may regard as essential. The student will probably be surprised to find how many of the more detailed descriptions follow naturally from a knowledge of a few general principles, when these are clearly grasped. For this reason, more space has been given to certain elementary facts of physics and chemistry than might be supposed necessary; but it has been my experience that, although a student may have attended good courses in these sciences, he docs not readily apply the knowledge to physiological problems. Moreover, there arc some things essential to physiology, but often regarded as outside the scope of an elementary course in the preliminary sciences. I intentionally lay myself open to the charge of inserting matter that is not, strictly speaking, physiological. The rather "intensive" treatment sometimes adopted leads to what some may regard as an excursion into advanced regions. But this is unavoidable when the conception cannot be passed over without risk of error. In another way, the manner of presentation adopted may meet with objection. 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.