SIXTH 
ANNUAL REPORT 
' OF THE 
LIBRARY COMMITTEE 
OF THE 
N. Y. STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
Reprinted from the Transactions of the Association. 
NEW YORK: 
64 Madison Avenue. 
18 9 0. SIXTH 
ANNUAL REPORT 
OF THE 
LIBRARY COMMITTEE 
OF THE 
N. Y. STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
Reprinted from the Transactions of the Association. 
NEW YORK: 
64 Madison Avenue. 
1890. REPORT. 
In presenting their sixth annual report, the Library Committee have 
the honour to place before the Association a concise statement of the 
work performed toward the organisation of the library, together with a 
summary of its increase since the year of its foundation, and of its pres- 
ent and future needs. 
At the first meeting of the Association, November 19, 1884, the follow- 
ing resolutions were offered by J. W. S. Gouley, M. D., of New York 
county. 
1. Resolved, That the New York State Medical Association recom- 
mends the formation of a library, which shall be called The Library of 
the New York State Medical Association, and that this library shall be 
placed in the city of New York. 
2. Resolved, That the library shall be under the management of the 
Council, and that the Council be instructed to appoint a committee of 
three Councillors (one of whom shall act as librarian), to be known as 
the Library Committee. 
3. Resolved, That there shall be created a library fund, to be raised 
by voluntary contributions, and that this fund shall be under the control 
of the Council and be placed in the hands of the Treasurer of the Asso- 
ciation. 
These resolutions were seconded by E. M. Moore, M. D., of Monroe 
county, and unanimously carried. 
At a meeting of the Council of the Association held on the 20th of 
November, 1884, the following named Fellows,-Drs. Gouley, Hinton, 
and Flint, Jr.,-were appointed to be the Library Committee. 
After several conferences, it was agreed that the chairman of the 
Library Committee issue a circular letter to the Fellows of the Associa- 
tion as soon as a suitable room could be secured for the storage of such 
books as might be obtained. 
The Managing Committee of the Carnegie Laboratory kindly offered 
for this purpose, at a nominal rent, their Library hall. The generous 
offer was thankfully accepted by the Library Committee, and possession 
was obtained on the 1st of June, 1885. 
The following letter was then issued to the Fellows of the Association : 
NEW YORK STATE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
New York, June 1, 1885. 
Dear Doctor : The great success of our State Medical Association- 
the fellowship having reached the number of five hundred and fourteen 4 
within the period of one year-has led me to propose that we organise a 
Medical Library on a large scale, and that we provide funds for the 
erection of a fire-proof building, in which to deposit and preserve our 
books and hold our meetings. These propositions were received with 
favour at the first regular meeting of the Association, in November, 1884. 
A committee, of which I have the honour to be chairman, was then ap- 
pointed to carry out these propositions. As chairman of this committee, 
I ask leave to submit to you the. provisional plans that have been formed, 
and to solicit your active cooperation in the undertaking. 
The Library Committee has the pleasure to inform you that the library 
of this Association has been opened in the Carnegie Laboratory, 338 and 
340 East 26th street, and that a number of books have already been 
received. 
Any medical book or books, or journals, which you may kindly con- 
tribute, will be thankfully received. 
Each Fellow of the Association is asked to send, as soon as possible, 
to the above address, one or more books. 
Old medical treatises or tracts, which often possess little value when 
isolated, will be of very great use if put together in a large library, and, 
when thus collected, cannot fail to be of much service as works of ref- 
erence to those studying and wishing to elucidate some intricate question 
in medicine or surgery. 
Many practitioners in the various counties have inherited the libraries 
of several generations, and in these libraries there are many ancient 
books which should be preserved permanently in such a library as ours. 
Duplicates of modern books and journals (even odd numbers) may be 
sent. Due credit will be given to all donors. 
Each Fellow of the Association is asked to place in the library all of 
his own contributions to medical literature, whether in the form of 
treatises and pamphlets, or of journal articles. These are to be kept sep- 
arately in the library, and a special index of authors and subjects will be 
made of the essays and books. If all respond promptly, we shall be able 
to make an excellent exhibit at our second annual meeting, in November 
next. 
We contemplate placing our library in a fire-proof building, but we 
must first collect a sufficient number of books; then there will be no 
great difficulty in raising a large sum of money to erect the permanent 
home for our library and Association, with reading-rooms, lecture-rooms, 
a large auditorium for our meetings, and rooms that may be occupied by 
Fellows visiting the city. 
We now have a temporary home and head-quarters in the Library Hall 
of the Carnegie Laboratory, where all Fellows who come to the city may 
register their names and addresses, and where their friends may seek 
them. 
In the Carnegie Laboratory our Fellows can, at any time, rent by the 
week private rooms, in which to make special studies in histology, 
pathology, and experimental medicine. 
The Fellows are particularly requested to send to the chairman of the 
Library Committee their photographic likenesses, imperial size, to be 
kept in the library album. 
Yours very respectfully, 
J. W. S. GOULEY, 
Chairman of the Library Committee. 5 
Sundry sums of money, contributed at different times by Fellows resid- 
ing in New York county, enabled the committee to furnish the library 
with the necessary book-shelves, chairs, table, etc., and the library was 
officially opened on the 1st day of June, 1885, a considerable number of 
books having already been placed upon the shelves. 
The first annual report of the Library Committee was made on the 
19th of November, 1885, five months and nineteen days after the open- 
ing of the library; and the number of books stated was three thousand 
four hundred and forty-eight (3,448), and the number of pamphlets four 
thousand (4,000). These books and pamphlets were contributed by 
ninety-six Fellows, representing thirty-five of the sixty counties of the 
state, as follows: 
Ira II. Abell, Jefferson County. 
Amos Allen, Rensselaer County. 
C. S. Allen. Rensselaer County. 
W. L. Allen, Rensselaer County. 
, E. S. F. Arnold, New York County. 
Glover C. Arnold, New York County. 
M. N. Babcock, Saratoga County. 
J. E. Beers, Tompkins County. 
Hermann M. Biggs, New York County. 
Leroy J. Brooks, Chenango County. 
Charles W. Brown, Chemung County. 
Alexander Buchanan, New York County. 
Charles Buckley, Monroe County. 
William Chace, Chautauqua County. 
James Chapman, Orleans County. 
T. M. Ludlow Chrystie, New York County. 
Simeon T. Clark, Niagara County. 
Darwin Colvin, Wayne County. 
William S. Conover, New York County. 
Daniel Curtis, Orleans County. 
Alphonse Dagenais, Erie County. 
Byron DeWitt, Oswego County. 
Isaac de Zouche, Fulton County. 
Henry D. Didama, Onondaga County. 
Abram Du Bois, New York County. 
J. Stevens Elder, Madison County. 
John M. Farrington, Broome County. 
George E. Fell, Erie County. 
Everard D. Ferguson, Rensselaer County. 
William Fitch, Tompkins County. 
Austin Flint, New York County. 
Austin Flint, Jr., New York County. 6 
William H. Flint, New York County. 
William Fraser, Livingston County. 
J. Henry Furman, Westchester County. 
William Gillis, Franklin County. 
John W. S. Gouley, New York County. 
John W. Gray, Livingston County. 
Caleb Green, Cortland County. 
DeWitt C. Greene, Erie County. 
Joseph C. Greene, Erie County. 
Frank H. Hamilton, New York County. 
George T. Harrison, New York County. 
Thomas B. Heimstreet, Rensselaer County. 
John H. Hinton, New York County. 
Arthur L. Holden, Oneida County. 
B. L. Hovey, Monroe County. 
Oliver P. Hubbard, New York County. 
August Huhne, Ulster County. 
Joseph C. Hutchison, Kings County. 
Frederick Hyde, Cortland County. 
Homer O. Jewett, Cortland County. 
George H. Jones, Livingston County. 
Thomas J. Kearney, New York County. 
John H. Knapp, Cortland County. 
Charles A. Leale, New York County. 
J. K. Leaning, Otsego County. 
N. W. Leighton, Kings County. 
William T. Lusk, New York County. 
U. C. Lynde, Erie County. 
Carlos F. MacDonald, Cayuga County. 
G. C. H. Meier, New York County. 
Ramon L. Miranda, New York County. 
E. M. Moore, Monroe County. 
George M. Palmer, Wyoming County. 
J. G. Porteous, Dutchess County. 
H. N. Porter, Oneida County. 
P. Brynberg Porter, New York County. 
J. R. Preston, Saratoga County. 
W. C. Pryer, Westchester County. 
Samuel S. Purple, New York County. 
Frederick W. Putnam, Broome County. 
James Reagles, Schenectady County. 
Tabor B. Reynolds, Saratoga County. 
William II. Robb, Montgomery County. 
Thomas F. Rochester, Erie County. 7 
H. R. Rogers, Chautauqua County. 
Augustus D. Ruggles, New York County. 
Robert H. Sabin, Albany County. 
Lewis A. Sayre, New York County. 
Lewis Hall Sayre, New York County. 
O. G. Selden, Greene County. 
Robert Selden, Greene County. 
John Shrady, New York County. 
Samuel W. Smith, New York County. 
L. S. Sprague, Wayne County. 
E. R. Squibb, Kings County. 
G. L. Sutton, St. Lawrence County. 
Isaac E. Taylor, New York County. 
T. Gaillard Thomas, New York County. 
R. C. Van Wyck, Dutchess County. 
Theron A. Wales, Chemung County. 
John W. Warner, New York County. 
Edwin Webb, Queens County. 
William T. White, New York County. 
Charles S. Wood, New York County.* 
* Since the year 1885, the following named twenty-eight (four additional coun- 
ties) have contributed books to the library: 
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W. R. Ballou, New York County. Carlos F. MacDonald, Cayuga County. 
Lyman Barton, Essex County. James R. MacGregor, New York County. 
Nathan Bozeman, New York County. H. W. Mitchell, New York County. 
Joseph D. Bryant, New York County. Henry D. Nicoll, New York County. 
A. H. Buckmaster, New York County. Ira B. Read, New York County. 
Alfred L. Carroll, New York County. R. J. Southworth, Westchester County. 
C. E. Denison, New York County. Joshua J. Sweet, Otsego County. 
Ellery Denison, New York County. Theodore R. Varick, Jersey City, N. J. 
J. O. Farrington, New York County. Mrs. Vanderveer, through 
M. S. Fleming, New York County. Thomas Wilson, Columbia County. 
John P. Garrish, New York County. L. C. Vincent, New York County. 
William Govan, Rockland County. George Wieber, Kings County. 
Ernest Ilgen, New York County. Leroy M. Yale, New York County. 
Mrs. Chas. Henschel, New York County. William Young, Putnam County. 
Nathan S. King, New York County. 
Books have not yet been contributed to the library by Fellows of the following 
twenty-one counties: 
Alleghany. 
Cattaraugus. 
Clinton. 
Delaware. 
Genesee. 
Hamilton. 
Herkimer. 
Lewis. 
Ontario. 
Orange. 
Richmond. 
Schoharie. 
Schuyler. 
Seneca. 
Steuben. 
Suffolk. 
Sullivan. 
Tioga. 
Warren. 
Washington. 
Yates. 
It is hoped that this library will soon contain gifts of books by Fellows from 
every county in the state of New York. 8 
Besides the contributions of the Fellows, there were Transactions of 
various State Societies in exchange for the Transactions of the New York 
State Medical Association, and also gifts of books by the Surgeon Gen- 
eral, U. S. Army, by the Medical Purveyor General, U. S. Army, by the 
Surgeon General, U. S. Navy, by the Supervising Surgeon General, U. S. 
Marine Hospital Service, and by Messrs. D. Appleton & Co., of New York 
city. 
The second annual report, November 16, 1886, showed that the num- 
ber had increased to four thousand and twenty-three (4,023) bound 
volumes-a gain of five hundred and seventy-five (575) volumes-and 
five thousand pamphlets. 
The resident Fellows of the New York State and New York County 
Medical Associations contributed, during the year 1886, a binding fund 
of $174.40, which defrayed the expense of binding one hundred and fifty- 
six volumes of medical journals. 
The office of Director of the Library was created by an amendment to 
the constitution adopted at the meeting of 1886. 
The third annual report, September 27, 1887, showed that the number 
of volumes had reached four thousand six hundred and nine (4,609)-a 
gain of five hundred and eighty-six (586). 
The fourth annual report, October 9, 1888, showed that the number of 
volumes had reached seven thousand two hundred and forty (7,240)-a 
gain of two thousand six hundred and thirty-one (2,631). This great 
gain is explained by the gift of one thousand six hundred and seventy- 
six (1,676) volumes, conditionally, by the late Dr. Isaac E. Taylor; other- 
wise the gain would have been only nine hundred and fifty-five (955). 
The fifth annual report, September 24, 1889, showed that the number 
of volumes had reached seven thousand eight hundred and fifty (7,850)- 
a gain of six hundred and ten (610). 
A special report, presented to the Council at the special session held 
at the Mott Memorial Hall, December 17, 1889, is as follows: 
SPECIAL REPORT ON THE LIBRARY. 
December 17, 1889. 
The library of the New York State Medical Association now contains 
about eight thousand (8,000) volumes, and five thousand (5,000) pam- 
phlets ; the latter, with very few exceptions, having been contributed by 
Fellows of the Fifth District. 
Of the eight thousand (8,000) volumes, six thousand eight hundred 
(6,800) are bound, and twelve hundred (1,200) are in sheets or stitched 
ready for binding. 
Of the six thousand eight hundred (6,800) bound volumes, five thou- 
sand six hundred and twenty-six (5,626) were contributed by Fellows 9 
of the Fifth District, and one thousand one hundred and seventy-four 
(1,174) were contributed by Fellows of the other four districts, or less 
than one fifth. 
Of the twelve hundred (1,200) volumes in sheets, not less than seven 
hundred (700) were contributed by Fellows of the Fifth District; the 
remaining five hundred (500) consisting of contributions from the Sur- 
geon General of the Army, the Surgeon General of the Navy, and the 
Supervising Surgeon General of the Marine Hospital Service; also of 
exchanges of Transactions with many State medical associations; and 
from other sources-a small proportion only of these twelve hundred 
(1,200) volumes having been contributed by Fellows of the other four 
districts. 
J. W. S. GOULEY, 
Director of the Library. 
The over-crowded condition of the library hall at the Carnegie Labo- 
ratory rendered it necessary to take steps to secure a more ample lodging 
for the books; accordingly, at the meeting of the Council held on the 
27th of September, 1889, a committee, consisting of "Drs. Glover C. 
Arnold, Gouley, and Truax, was appointed to confer with a similar com- 
mittee from the New York County Medical Association in relation to the 
care of the library and a place for future meetings, to report to the next 
meeting of the Council, and with power to add to their number." 
While the two committees were deliberating upon ways and means of 
effecting the purposes of the Association, a proposition was made by 
one of the trustees of the Mott Memorial Library to unite the two libra- 
ries. Inasmuch, however, as there were several vacancies in that board 
of trustees, it was judged best to wait until they should be filled. Pend- 
ing this action of the trustees of the Mott Library, the county committee 
retired, and the state committee continued negotiations toward effecting 
the coalition of the libraries. The trustees of the Mott Memorial Library, 
in order to carry out their original proposition, elected Fellows of the 
New York State Medical Association to fill most of these vacancies. The 
full board then reiterated their proposition to the Council of the New 
York State Medical Association, as it appears below. 
At a special meeting of the Council of the Association, held at 64 
Madison avenue on the 17th of December, 1889, the following communi- 
cation from the trustees of the Mott Memorial Library was received : 
" The Mott Memorial Library, having been founded for the promotion 
of the best interests of the medical profession, it is desirable that a coali- 
tion be effected with a representative professional organisation,-where- 
fore the trustees present to the New York State Medical Association, 
through its Council, the following propositions : 
"1. That the library and museum of the New York State Medical 10 
Association, with all future additions thereto, be placed in the same 
building with the Mott Memorial Library, the joint collection of books 
to be used as one library, but to be shelved separately, and properly 
indicated on the cases. 
" 2. That the Mott Memorial Library constitute the place of meeting 
for the New York State Medical Association, its Council, and Commit- 
tees, and for such other medical and scientific organisations as may be 
allowed from time to time to meet there by the trustees of the Mott 
Memorial Library. 
"3. That no indebtedness affecting the New York State Medical Asso- 
ciation shall be incurred by the trustees of the Mott Memorial Library, 
nor vice versa. 
" The foregoing was adopted at a regular meeting of the trustees of 
the Mott Memorial Library, held on December 6, 1889. 
(Signed) ALFRED L. CARROLL, President. 
GLOVER C. ARNOLD, Secretary." 
Upon motion, it was unanimously voted that the Council of the New 
York State Medical Association accept the foregoing propositions of the 
trustees of the Mott Memorial Library. 
In order to make the acceptance effective, it was resolved,- 
" 1. That our library and museum be placed in the Mott Memorial 
Library building. 
" 2. That our library and building fund, and all future additions there- 
to, be used for the benefit of the joint library thus formed. 
" 3. That an annual appropriation of not less than one hundred dollars 
be made from the general fund of the Association toward the main- 
tenance of the building and joint library under the direction of the 
trustees of the Mott Memorial Library. 
" 4. That the net profits of any public lectures, or classes, held under 
the auspices of the Association, shall be devoted to the maintenance of 
the collective libraries in the Mott Memorial Library building." 
The Committee of Conference, appointed at the last meeting of the 
Council, was then discharged without a report, and reappointed as the 
Library Committee, it being constituted of Doctors G. C. Arnold, Fer- 
guson, Gouley, John Shrady, Truax, and the President ex officio. 
It was then resolved,-" That the library and building fund, with all 
future additions thereto, be turned over to the treasurer of the Library 
Committee, to be invested according to the existing by-laws of the Asso- 
ciation, and that the said committee be authorised to appoint its treas- 
urer." 
It was further voted,-" That the Library Committee be authorised to 
draw upon the library and building fund for the removal of the library 
to the Mott Memorial Library building, and for placing the books and 11 
cases in proper position and condition; but that after said removal, the 
said committee can only use the income from the library and building 
fund, and that no part of the principal of the same shall be used without 
the special authority of the Council." 
There was unavoidable delay in transferring the library as directed by 
the Council, but all the books were finally conveyed to their shelves on 
the first and third stories at 64 Madison avenue, and the library was 
opened on the 5th day of May, 1890. Since then there has been a con- 
siderable accession of books,-six hundred and five (605) volumes having 
been kindly contributed by the widow of the distinguished Dr. Charles 
Henschel; and ninety-five (95) volumes by Miss Punnett, daughter of 
the late Dr. Punnett of New York, through Dr. Abram Du Bois; besides 
several other gifts, among which is a set of the Transactions of the New 
Zealand Institute, through the kindness of the Hon. Morgan S. Grace, 
M. D., of Wellington, New Zealand. 
This sixth annual report shows that the library contains eight thou- 
sand seven hundred and eighty-eight (8,788) volumes-a gain, from the 
last annual report, of nine hundred and thirty-eight (938) volumes. 
Added to this are the four thousand (4,000) volumes of the Mott collec- 
tion, making a total of twelve thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight 
(12,788) volumes, and more than five thousand (5,000) pamphlets, acces- 
sible at all times to the Fellows of the Association. 
Among the largest contributors, those who have each given more than 
two hundred volumes are,-Drs. E.-S. F. Arnold, Alfred L. Carroll, 
Abram Du Bois, Austin Flint, Austin Flint, Jr., J. W. S. Gouley, Thomas 
B. Heimstreet, Ernest Ilgen, Nathan S. King, John Shrady, Isaac E. Tay- 
lor, and Mrs. Charles Henschel. 
Among those who have contributed to the library fund are,-the late 
Dr. William C. Pryer, who in his lifetime gave $100, and by bequest, 
$2,000; Dr. J. W. Lockwood, $50; and Dr. William T. Lusk, $250. 
Through the liberality of Dr. John Shrady, one hundred and three 
volumes have lately been bound. 
The committee thankfully acknowledge the services rendered by Dr. 
E. S. F. Arnold in rearranging the books in their new and commodious 
quarters. 
The committee wish to call the Fellows' attention to the fact that odd 
numbers of journals are no longer needed, but that books, monographs, 
and contributions to the library and binding funds will always be 
thankfully received. 
The great amount of scientific work performed by the Association, the 
high character of its published transactions, the good condition of its 
finances, the very considerable increase of its membership-seven hundred 
and thirty-two in the first six years of its existence-and the accumula- 12 
tion in its library, together with the Mott collection, of twelve thousand 
seven hundred and eighty-eight volumes, may fairly be regarded as in- 
dices of continued prosperity, which will be ensured by supplying the 
present needs of the joint libraries. These needs are,-(1) Contributions 
of the most recent medical, surgical, and obstetrical publications; (2) 
pecuniary contributions to the library fund; and (3) an increase in the 
list of exchanges. The future needs are,-(1) a larger building, and (2) 
a permanent fund, the investment of which will yield a sufficient sum to 
maintain and increase the libraries. 
JOHN W. S. GOULEY, M. D., 
Director of the Library and Chairman of the Library Committee. 
All exchanges should be directed to 64 Madison avenue, New York 
city. 
LIBRARY REGULATIONS. 
1. The library of the New York State Medical Association and the 
Mott Memorial Library shall be open from the hours of 9 a. m. to 11 p. m. 
every day. 
2. The hours of admission of the public shall be from 9 to 11 a. m., 
every day, except Sundays. 
3. The hours of admission of medical students shall be from 9 A. M. to 
2 p. m., every day, except Sundays. 
4. The hours of admission of graduates in medicine shall be from 9 
a. m. to 3 p. m., every day, except Sundays. 
5. The libraries shall be open at all times to Fellows of the New York 
State Medical Association and to members of the New York County 
Medical Association. 
6. Visitors and readers are required to write their names and addresses 
in a book kept in the libraries for this purpose. 
7. No book or journal shall be taken out of the libraries by visitors or 
readers. 
. The Librarian shall keep a full catalogue of all the books, journals, 
transactions of societies, charts, maps, drawings, prints, works of art, 
and furniture belonging to the libraries, and arrange the whole in proper 
order. He shall also keep a record of all these objects that may have 
been presented to the libraries, with the names of the donors, in a book 
provided for that purpose. 
9. The Librarian shall keep in the libraries a list of the names and 
addresses of the Fellows of the New York State Medical Association and 
of the members of the New York County Medical Association. He shall 
keep an accurate account of the number of every volume delivered by 
him to readers, and shall permit no book to be taken away from the 
libraries. 13 
10. The Librarian shall deliver books to readers when they shall have 
filled, signed, and presented slips for that "purpose. 
11. After using a book the reader shall return the same in good order 
to the Librarian, who shall properly mark and preserve the slip as a 
voucher. 
12. If any reader deface with marginal notes or by marking, or other- 
wise injure a book, he shall make the same good to the Librarian ; or if 
the injured book be one of a set, he shall pay the Librarian, for the use 
of the libraries, the full value of said set, and may thereupon receive the 
remaining volumes as his property. 
13. No conversation shall be allowed in the reading-room otherwise 
than in a whisper. 
In the arrangement of the books, the Library Committee have adopted 
the Dewey System, with modifications suitable to the joint libraries, and 
the three grand divisions, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, as follows: 
(530) PHYSICS. 
(531) Mechanics. 
.2 Statics. 
.3 Dynamics. 
.4 Work. 
.41 Unit of work. 
(532) Hydrostatics. Hydraulics. 
(533) Pneumatics. 
.1 Properties of gases and vapours. 
.3 Atmosphere. 
.4 Barometer (v. Hygiene ; Meteorology). 
(534) Acoustics. 
(535) Light. Optics. 
.3 Reflection-Refraction. 
.4 Dispersion-Diffraction. 
.5 Polarisation. Polariscope. 
.81 Lenses (v. Microscopy ; Ophthalmology). 
(536) Heat. 
(537) Electricity. 
.2 Statical. 
.5 Dynamical. 
.86 Galvanometers, batteries, etc. (v. Electro-therapeutics). 
(550) Geology. 
(551) Physical and Dynamical Geology. 
Including Physical Geography. 
.5 Meteorology (v. Hygiene). 
(548) Crystallography. 
(549) Mineralogy. 14 
(540) CHEMISTRY. 
(543) Analysis. 
.1 Food and Drink (v. 613 Hygiene). 
.4 Drugs and Medicines (v. Pharmacy; Materia Medica). 
.5 Poisons (v. Med. Jurisprudence; Toxicology). 
(544) Qualitative. 
(545) Quantitative. 
.9 Synthesis. 
(546) Inorganic. 
.1 Non-metallic. 
.3 Metals. 
(547) Organic (v. Physiology). 
(570) BIOLOGY. 
(560) Palaeontology. 
(561) Plants (v. Phytology). 
(562) Animals (v. Zoology). 
(571) Prehistoric Archaeology. 
(572) Ethnology. Anthropology. 
Anthropometry. 
Macrobiosis (v. Hygiene; 612 Physiology). 
(580) Phytology. 
(581) Physiological and Structural Botany. 
Medicinal Plants (v. 610.1 Materia Medica). 
Parasitic Plants (v. Dermatology; Blastomatology). 
(589.7) Protophytes (v. Micro-organisms). 
(590) Zoology. 
Protozoa. 
(592) Invertebrates (v. Helminthology; Parasites). 
(596) Vertebrates (v. Veterinary Medicine). 
Domestic animals. 
Food animals (v. Hygiene). 
(611) Anatomy. 
.1 Human. 
.11 Transcendental. 
.12 Homological. 
.13 Descriptive. 
.14 Topographical. 
.2 Comparative (v. 590 Zoology). 
.3 Histology. 
.31 Normal Histology. 
.32 Pathological Histology (v. 591.2 Pathology). 
(612) Physiology. 
.1 Human. 
.2 Comparative. 
(591.3).3 Embryology. 
.4 Teratology. 
.5 Microbiology and Microscopy. 15 
(616) Pathology. 
.1 General Pathology. 
.2 Patho-anatomy (v. 611.32 Histology). 
.3 Comparative Pathology. 
(610) Medicine. 
Nosonomy and Nosotaxy. 
Aetiology, Symptomatology, Semeiology. 
Diagnosis and Prognosis. 
Therapeutics. 
.1 Materia Medica (v. 581 Medicinal Plants), 
.11 Pharmacy. 
(616.9) General Medicine. 
.1 General Diseases. 
. .2 Fevers, etc. 
(616.8) Special Medicine. 
.1 Brain and Nervous System. 
.11 Psychological Medicine. 
(616.2) .2 Respiratory Apparatus. 
.21 Pneumatology. 
.22 Laryngology. 
(616.1) .3 Circulatory Apparatus. 
.31 Heart. 
.32 Arteries and Veins. 
.33 Lymphatics. 
(616.8) .4 Digestive Apparatus. 
.41 Mouth and Salivary Glands. 
.42 Stomach and Intestines. 
.43 Liver. 
(616.6) .5 Urinary Apparatus. 
.51 Kidney. 
.52 Bladder. 
Paediatrics. 
State Medicine. 
.1 Medical Jurisprudence. 
Medical Legislation. 
Medical Education. 
(614) .2 Sanitary Science. 
.21 Hygiene. 
.22 Vital Statistics. 
.23 Epidemiology. 
.24 Sanitary Engineering. 
.25 Prophylaxis. 
Veterinary Medicine. 
(617) Surgery. 
.1 General Surgery. 
.11 Surgical Appliances and Instruments. 
.2 Military and Naval. 
.3 Orthopaedic. 
.4 Sensory Apparatus. 
.41 Ophthalmology. 
.42 Otology. 16 
.43 Rhinology. 
.44 Stomatology. 
.45 Dermatology. 
.5 Blastomatology. 
.51 Syphilis. 
.52 Syphiloid. 
.53 Leprosy. 
.54 Tuberculosis. 
.55 Lupus. 
.56 Glanders. 
.57 Actinomycosis. 
.58 Rhinoscleroma. 
.6 Andrology. 
.7 Gynaecology. 
.8 Obstetrics. 
.9 Dental Surgery. 
.10 Veterinary Surgery. 
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