Excerpt from Syllabus of Lectures on Human Embryology: An Introduction to the Study of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; For Medical Students and Practitioners, With a Glossary of Embryological Terms Embryology (greek, e'yfipvov, embryo, and 209105, a science) is an important subdivision of Biology, treat ing of those successive modifications through which the organism passes in its development from the germ to the adult form.1 Alike important is the study of Natural History, Physiology, and Obstetrics. The term Embryo, later Fwtus, is applied to the unborn young, which at birth may resemble the parent form, mammals; or, as in some of the lower orders of life, must undergo a series of changes and modifications before attaining to the adult state, - e.g frog. 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.