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DR. MICHAEL FOSTER, in concluding his course of Practical Physiology this term, remarked on the diligence and industry of his class under many difficulties. At the beginning of the term he asked their indulgence for the imperfect accommodation he was able to offer them. Thirty students had been entered, and the space available was about sufficient, properly, for ten. Three students had to be placed at each table, instead of one. Several other gentlemen joined the class subsequently, making the class number about thirty-five. Two ladies also attended the lectures, and were provided with a separate place of study. Dr. Foster at his last lecture said that in the previous year the want of accommodation had been so keenly felt by himself and class that he was inclined to discontinue his course. He had, however, conducted it through another term, with a larger number of students; and, as the result, although he expressed pleasure at the work accomplished by his class, he was more than ever inclined to give it up. The present course would, however, be completed next term; but he was not able to promise its repetition in the succeeding winter. Want of accommodation militated so greatly against the quality of the work done, and so limited the kind of work that could be attempted, that the benefit seemed almost to be outweighed by the limitations and disheartening accessories.
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BETTANY, G. Practical Science at Cambridge . Nature 11, 132–133 (1874). https://doi.org/10.1038/011132a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/011132a0