PALAEONTOLOGY JOHN C. MERRIAM, Ph.D., Professor of Palaeontology and Historical Geology. BRUCE L. CLARK. Ph.D., Instructor in Palaeontology. 1JOHN A. GUINTYLLO, Assistant in Palaeontology (to December 31, 1916). The field for palaeontologic study and research on the Pacific Coast, and especially in the territory immediately accessible from the University, is a most remarkable one. A large part of the geologic column is exposed and open for study in the region easily reached from the University. Within a radius of twenty-five miles from Berkeley the Coast Range formations, ranging from early Cretaceous to Pleistocene, are represented by splendid exposures containing abundant fossil remains. This section is the basis for regular field work. Research work in palaeontology has been based largely on a study of the material immediately at hand. Our knowledge of West Coast palaeontology is now in the making, and advanced students are expected to assist in working out some of the problems before us. The collections available for study and comparison in research include a representative series of the invertebrate faunas of California, together with a large quantity of invertebrate material from horizons the position of which are not as yet clearly determined. The vertebrate collections include the original material obtained by the University in progress of work in the John Day region of Oregon; the Virgin Valley, Thousand Creek and Cedar Mountain regions of Nevada; Potter Creek Cave, Samuel Cave, and Hawver Cave of the mountain regions of California; Rancho La Brea, and the Mohave region of southern California; and the Triassic limestones of Northern California and Western Nevada. Research on all of these collections has been carried on for some years past and the investigations are still in progress. There are no laboratory fees in this department. LOWER DIVISION COURSES 1. General Palaeontology. Professor MERRIAM. Lectures, assigned readings, and written reports. General principles of the study of the history of life. 2 hrs., first half-year. Tu Th, 10. Preparatory to Geology 1B. Zoology la is recommended as preliminary. 2. Demonstration Course. Professor MERRIAM. Demonstrations, excursions, and conferences in connection with the lectures of course 1. 1 hr., first half-year. Two sections: I, Tu, 1; II, Th, 11. Course to accompany course 1. 1 In residence first half-year only. UPPER DIVISION COURSES 102. Invertebrate Palaeontology. Dr. CLARK. A laboratory study with assigned reading on the most important forms of fossil invertebrates, with special reference to the history of life in the Pacific Coast region. 6 hrs., laboratory, 1 hr., lecture, first half-year; 3 units. Prerequisite: course 1 completed or in progress. 103. Invertebrate Faunas of the Pacific Coast Region. Dr. CLARK. Laboratory and field work on the fossil invertebrate faunas of the Pacific Coast region. 6 hrs., laboratory, 1 hr., lecture, 3 hrs., field work, second half-year; 4 units. Prerequisite: course 102. 104. Vertebrate Palaeontology. Professor MERRIAM. Osteology, affinities, and history of the principal groups of vertebrates. 3 hrs., laboratory, 1 hr., lecture or pro-seminar, first half-year; 2 units. Prerequisite: course 1 completed or in progress, or Zoology 1A. The lectures may be taken separately as Palaeontology 104A (1 unit) by students in Zoology 106. 105. History of Vertebrate Life in Western North America. Professor MERRIAM. A study of the extinct vertebrate faunas of western North America, with special reference to the most important problems illustrated by the history of these groups. 3 hrs., laboratory, 1 hr., lecture, 1 hr., pro-seminar, second half-year; 3 units. Prerequisite: course 104. PRIMARILY FOR GRADUATES 206. Palaeontologic Seminar. Professor MERRIAM. 1 hr., throughout the year. Professor MERRIAM. Section A: Invertebrate palaeontology of the Pacific Coast region. Section B: Vertebrate palaeontology of the Pacific Coast region. 207. Advanced Vertebrate Palaeontology. Varying credit values not exceeding six units according to the amount of work undertaken. The work may include laboratory or field work. It may be done either in term time or during vacation periods. The work must be registered for in advance, it must be planned with the instructor in charge, and must be carried on under the direction of the instructor. Work done outside the limits of regular terms must be supplemented by a written report. 208. Advanced Invertebrate Palaeontology. Professor MERRIAM and Dr. CLARK. Credit values, requirements as to place and time for conducting work, and nature of conditions governing final reports arranged on the same basis as for course 207. PATHOLOGY AND BACTERIOLOGY FREDERICK P. GAY, A.B., M.D., Professor of Pathology. GLANVILLE Y. RUSK, A.B., M.D., Associate Professor of Pathology. JOHN M. REHFISCH, M.D., Assistant in Pathology and Bacteriology. The laboratory fee is ten dollars for course 1. An additional deposit of five dollars is required, which will be returned, less deduction for breakage, at the end of the half-year. The fees for medical courses, when taken by those not registered in the Medical School, will be the same as course 1. The fees for research courses will be arranged in accordance with the scope of the work and material required. LOWER DIVISION COURSES 1. General Bacteriology and Microbiology. Assistant Professor HALL, Miss GRIFFITHS, Miss BRADLEY, and Assistants. Lectures: the morphology, biology and significance of bacteria. Classification of micro-organisms (moulds, yeasts, bacteria, invisible micro-organisms, protozoa). Introduction to microbiology of air, water, soil, and milk, and of human, animal, and plant diseases. Methods of microscopic examination and cultivation of bacteria; sterilization; identification of micro-organisms. Bacteria in air, water, soil, milk, human and animal diseases. 9 hrs., second half-year; 4 units. Lectures, Tu Th S, 9; laboratory sections: I (mainly for sophomores), Tu Th S, 10-12; II, M W F, 1–3; III, M W F, 3-5. Prerequisite: Chemistry 1A. UPPER DIVISION COURSES PRIMARILY FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS Instruction in pathology and bacteriology is given in the Hearst Laboratory of Pathology in Berkeley during the second year, and at the University of California Hospital and the San Francisco Hospital during the third and fourth years. In residence, first half-year only; 2, second half-year only. The second year course in pathology aims to outline the natural history of disease. The instruction is for convenience divided into three correlated courses dealing in turn with causation, progress and effect. 101. Bacteriology and Protozoology. Assistant Professor HALL, Miss GRIFFITHS, and Miss BRADLEY. Bacteriological methods are first taught; the preparation of culture media, the isolation of bacteria in pure culture, and the morphology and cultural characteristics of bacterial species. The pathogenic bacteria are then taken up in relation to specific diseases. The lower animal parasites concerned in systemic diseases are then considered. Lectures are employed for outlining general principles, the work being largely practical. 12 hrs., afternoons, M Tu Th F, with course 102, first half-year; 4 units. 102. Infection and Immunity. Professor GAY and Miss GRIFFITHS. The most accessible aspects of functional pathology. It traces the evolution of infectious diseases in the body and the mechanism of animal defense. Experimental methods of studying infection are demonstrated and so far as practicable carried out by the student. A systematic course of lectures will outline the principles of immunology with a consideration of their applicability in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. These lectures, but not the laboratory work, may be taken by non-medical students, who have had at least course 1. Laboratory: 4 hrs., afternoons, M Tu Th F, with course 101, first halfyear; 3 units. Lecture: M W, 11; 2 units. 103. Morbid Anatomy and Histopathology. Associate Professor RUSK and Dr. REHFISCH. The changes in organs and tissues in disease in the animal and particularly in the human body are studied in this course. Macroscopic lesions are illustrated by fresh material from autopsies and museum specimens, and the microscopic appearances are studied by means of a loan collection of prepared slides. Experimental lesions are used to emphasize the evolution of such processes. This course, while largely practical, is considered systematically in lectures and conferences. 16 hrs., forenoons. M W Th S, first half-year; 6 units. 105. Autopsy Course. Assistant Professor COOKE. During the third and fourth years an autopsy course is conducted in the University of California Hospital and the San Francisco Hospital. 201. Research. GRADUATE COURSES Professor GAY. Problems of infection and immunity. Either half-year. Hours and units to be arranged. 202. Research. Neuropathology. Associate Professor RUSK. Either half-year. Hours and units to be arranged. 203. Research Bacteriology and Protozoology. Assistant Professor HALL. The investigation of concrete problems suggested by the work in general or medical bacteriology. Either half-year. Hours and units to be arranged. Prerequisite: course 1 or its equivalent. 204. Advanced Morbid Anatomy and Histopathology. Assistant Professor COOKE An elective course for fourth year and graduate students in medicine comprising autopsy technic and the working up of tissues and cultures resulting from post-mortem examination. Fourth year. Second half-year; University Hospital. 205. Seminar in Pathology. The Staff. Reports and discussions of current advances and individual research in the field covered by the department. Open to graduate students, and particularly students in the Medical School. No credit. Alternate Th, 8 p.m., beginning September 14. 206. Experimental Pathology. Associate Professor RUSK and Dr. REHFISCH. An elective course to which especially qualified students may be admitted. Experiments illustrating functional changes as evidenced by chemical and physiological methods and tissue alterations will be undertaken and the results demonstrated to those in course 103, which latter course it is intended to supplement. Special problems. This course may also be taken as a graduate course by special arrangement. |