2^4 Voyage of the Novaru. 



of the native pliysicians, who studied both in France and 

 England. The patients are tended by the Grey Sisterhood, 

 which has only recently reached the country. 



The old university buildings, on what formerly was called 

 the Square of tlie Inquisition, now named Independence 

 Square, are at present only used for festivities, examinations, 

 conferring of degrees, &c. &c., while the diiferent lectures 

 are read in various buildings. I visited the School of Medi- 

 cine, of which at that time Dr. Cajetano Herredia was rector, 

 a gentleman more respectable for his zealous discharge of 

 duty tlian by his scientific attainments. There are some 

 good lecture-rooms, a chemical laboratory, a small museum, 

 consisting mainly of pathological specimens, and a very fair 

 library, which boasts several really valuable and little-known 

 prints and books, especially such as relate to the history of 

 Peru. One of the Professors, Don Antonio Raimondi, a 

 Neapolitan by birth, bids fair to raise the reputation of the 

 School of Medicine of Lima by his extensive knowledge and 

 excellent mode of instruction. This gentleman teaches 

 several branches of Natural History, and, during the short 

 period he has been in Lima, has already given practical 

 proof of his activity in a variety of fields. 



Unfortunately Professor Raimondi, with a number of his 

 pupils, was absent on an excursion for practical scientific in- 

 struction, so that I was deprived of the opportunity of making 

 his personal acquaintance. In his studio I saw two very re- 

 markable skulls of Indians, which, owing to artificial pressure, 



