Excerpt from Bulletin of the Charleston Museum, Vol. 5: 1905 1909 A public lecture by Profesor Flea on the occasion of the opening of Manigault Hall as a lecture room.form he gave two names, a generic and a specific. Thus the common cat is called Felis domestica and the lion F leo, while the dog is Camis familiaris. To these binom ial designations it is customary to add the abbreviated name of the person who first used them. So the full scientific name of the cat is Felis domestica Linn. The systematic work of Linnaeus was continued by his followers and great collections were built up which had an increasing value as time went on, for sometimes doubt would arise as to the real identity of a form or whether forms de scribed under different names were not after all the same. In such cases the necessity of comparing the original speci mens, or types, is obvious. In order to care properly for natural history collections and render them easily accessible museums were formed and of course the arrangement of the museums was systematic, i. E. According to the scheme or system of classification adopted. The chief aim of biology at this time was to name and file away the largest possible number of forms. Structure was carefully studied so far as it contributed to this end but, unfortunately, the investigation was considered complete as soon as the specimen was mounted and labeled. Museums were indispensable tools of science in this period and served as books of reference do in our libraries. 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.