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Fig. 6.—Lecture-Room
considerably diminished. The buildings are so arranged that they can be extended in different directions at any future time.
The extent of the ground belonging to the Institute is 5,050 square meters of which 1,725 are actually occupied by the buildings of the Institute. The Institute is composed of the following special buildings : The Institute of teaching and research (No. 1-78),1 the lodge of the attendant (No. 87-93), the stable for .small animals (No. 81-86), the stable for big animals (No. 79-80), and the heating plant. The laboratory for experimental physiology occupies on account of the extent of its material a great portion of the buildings. This is required by the different methods that are peculiar to modern physiology.
The physiological laboratory has two purposes to fulfil: one, to furnish theoretical and practical teaching to students, the other to create the opportunity for scientific research. This double purpose required a special arrangement in the distribution of the rooms and in the interior planning of the building.
About 400 students follow the lessons that lead to a diploma of candidate in medicine. This diploma ob-
1 See floor plans, Figures 2-5.
tained after two years, has the following program: (a) first year of candidature : experimental physiology, physiological chemistry, anatomy, histology, cytology, and zoology; (b) second year of candidature: experimental physiology, anatomy, psychology, and comparative anatomy.
After having received the degree of candidate in medicine, the student has to continue his studies further for three years to become a doctor of medicine and a new law under discussion concerning medical education demands a fourth year for that purpose. Students in medicine have to follow the courses of experimental physiology for two years; during the first year of that period they are all doing practical work in physiological chemistry and during the second year they have practical work in experimental physiology.
Because of the large number of students we have thought it best to make a complete separation between the part of the building given over to the teaching and that part reserved for scientific work. This is facilitated by the plan of the building, which forms a right angle, conforming to the ground at our disposal. From an architectural viewpoint, one side of the angle which