282 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE VETERINARY SCHOOLS. 



in 1769 was sent to France by the Austrian Government to study 

 veterinary medicine under Bourgelat and Chabert, where he at the 

 same time studied human medicine in the Paris hospitals, as well as 

 taking an active interest in the work of Lafosse between the years 

 1772-73. In 1773 he visited London, and, on his return to Austria, 

 Denmark, Mecklenburg, Holland, and in 1779 took the degree of 

 Doctor of Medicine and Surgery at Jena. The school at Vienna 

 bore witness to the practical abilities possessed by Wolstein. In the 

 year 1795 he received his discharge from the Vienna school, but it 

 is not known whether it was owing to his free-thinking tendencies 

 (for he was the first Protestant who received an appointment in the 

 state service of Austria), or to other circumstances. Wolstein was 

 a most extensive author, nearly all his works bearing testimony to 

 his clear-headedness and practical ability. Among other things, he 

 was the first to establish the causal connection between an accumu- 

 lation of fluids in the lateral ventricles of the brain of the horse, 

 causing the condition known in German as " Dummkoller " ; 

 French, " immobility " ; Latin, "amentia." He also wrote a book 

 upon the " Scientific Breeding of Human Beings." 



On his return to Austria he gave the Government his ideas with 

 reference to the formation of a veterinary school, and on the 23d of 

 July, 1777, he received from the Government 13,740 florins toward 

 the erection of the school; and on the 20th of December, 1877, the 

 Government issued the instructions for the regulation of the school, 

 which was soon opened. 



The personnel of the school at this time consisted of one pro- 

 fessor, one superior assistant, two assistants, and a number of half- 

 invalided soldiers, necessary to the care of the animals in the hos- 

 pital ; also one inspecting officer, and one farrier. The school and 

 hospital were placed under the control of the Minister of War, and 

 the supervision given to a brigadier. In the buildings were pro- 

 vided lodgings for the teachers of the school, and seventy army 

 farriers, as students. To the school belonged a botanical garden, 

 an anatomical saloon, a lecture-room, dispensary, laboratory, and 

 library ; a smithy with four fires ; four stables, with room in each 

 for seven horses ; fifteen separate stalls (probably boxes), and a 

 small stable for cattle and sheep. The instruction was divided as 

 follows, and extended for two years : 



Professor Dr. Wolstein lectured upon the theoretical and prac- 

 tical application of the principles of medicine to the diseases of the 

 horse. 



First Assistant Schmid lectured upon horseshoeing, and demon- 



