Excerpt from The Elements of Physiology for Schools The present backward state of methods in teaching physiology is probably to be attributed to the fact that the text-books have been written by physicians, who, by reason of the duties of their noble and arduous profession, have not had time or opportunity to learn much about teaching. The point of view of their profession may also explain why so many physiologies are written from the standpoint of sick ness instead of from the optimistic standpoint of health and strength. Language and mathematics have been taught in the schools for centuries; the majority of the natural sciences have not been taught for more than half a century, which is all too Short a time in which to learn to teach them most effectively. The present book is an effort toward raising physiology as a disciplinary study to the plane of grammar and arithmetic, with the idea also that the reasoning required in the many exercises will help to more thorough understanding, and therefore better remembrance, of what is learned. What Should we think of an arithmetic or a gram mar ih which every question was explained, every exercise worked out, and consequently everything a matter of memory and learning by rote? Yet in exactly this way have the school physiologies been written, and with such books the teacher has had small chance to keep the pupils from learning physiology by rote. 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.