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Excerpt from An Essay on the Study of the Animal Kingdom: Being an Introductory Lecture Delivered in the University of London, on the 23rd of October, 1828 Gentlemen, The object of this Course of Lectures is to demonstrate the structure of Animals, to explain their Functions, to detail their History and Uses, and to illustrate the principles of their Classification. These subjects constitute the departments of Physical Science, termed Comparative Anatomy or Zootomy, Comparative Physiology, and Zoology, which treat of the forms, the mechanism, the properties, the phenomena, and the relations of all the existing and extinct species of Animals known upon the earth. The word Zootomy (derived from, an animal, and , to cut,) is employed to express the knowledge acquired by dissecting the bodies of animals. This science makes us acquainted with their organization, or with the structure and form of all their internal parts and organs. It points out the connexions which subsist between the different parts of the animal machine, by which they are all enabled to co-operate towards the same great objects - the preservation of the individual, and the continuance of the race. It examines the changes which the organs undergo at different periods of life, to suit them for the various stages of infancy, maturity, and decay. It traces the modifications of form and structure presented by the different organs and parts of the machine, in all the inferior tribes of animals, by which the whole organization of the species is always admirably adapted to the circumstances in which they are placed. 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.