Anatomy and physiology form but the vestibule of medical education. They teach the normal structure of the body, the normal function of the parts, fluids, organs, and the conditions under which they operate. The next step carries the student in medias res; he begins pharmacology - the experimental study of the response of the body to medication.


Medical Education in the United States and Canada, Chapter IV (p. 63), The Carnegie Foundation. 1910

Abraham Flexner Quotes

Anatomy and physiology form but the vestibule of medical education. They teach the normal structure of the body, the normal function of the parts,...

Anatomy and physiology form but the vestibule of medical education. They teach the normal structure of the body, the normal function of the parts,...

Anatomy and physiology form but the vestibule of medical education. They teach the normal structure of the body, the normal function of the parts,...

Anatomy and physiology form but the vestibule of medical education. They teach the normal structure of the body, the normal function of the parts,...