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Some fifteen years ago the school at Vienna enjoyed a very high 

 reputation in Europe. Brlickmuller was then a first-class authority. 

 Roell had made himself famous by his clinical ability, especially 

 with reference to pulmonary disease, and is accredited with being 

 the first to systematically introduce auscultation and percussion of 

 the chest into veterinary practice ; but all things must fade : the pro- 

 fessors have grown old and lost some of their youthful energy, and at 

 present their places have not been filled by " young blood," so that 

 this once famous school is in a sort of semi-torpid condition. Nearly 

 all schools of medicine and science have to undergo these changes, so 

 that we may be sure that the Yienna school will ere long assume its 

 old rank among the bright sisterhood of European veterinary in- 

 stitutes. 



Shoet Notices of the Veterinary Schools at Brussels, Bel- 

 gium, and those of Russia, Sweden, and Norway. 



The small kingdom of Belgium was by no means to be outdone 

 by her larger sisters, and ranks high among the Continental nations 

 in reference to its veterinary institutions. The Royal Veterinary 

 School was instituted in 1832, but not organized until 1835, and is 

 situated in the environs of Brussels ; one of the streets bounding 

 it on one side is named after Brogniez, one of its most distin- 

 guished professors, who added many valuable instruments to the 

 veterinary cabinet. Among other noted professors who have been 

 attached to this school we find the names of Thiernesse, "Wehenkel, 

 and Dupont ; and, among the practitioners, Willems, the introducer 

 of inoculation as a prophylactic against pleuro-pneumonia in cattle. 

 The Brussels school is modeled after those of France ; the fee for the 

 regular students (eleves internes) is fixed at 700 francs per year. 

 The preliminary education demanded of students is higher than in 

 France, the consent of the minister being necessary to their admit- 

 tance. Many young men study the natural sciences at this school, 

 who intend studying medicine at the university, thereby enjoying 

 the advantages of the " internat." The number of teachers is larger 

 than at the French schools, there being eight professors and four 

 assistants. The number of lectures is also greater. There are two 

 examinations — one at the end of the first two years, and the other at 

 the completion of the course, which extends over four years. The 

 hospital has room for about thirty horses, each one paying a fee of 

 two francs daily. The school has a visiting clinic, but no school 

 conveyance, the visits being made, however, at the expense of the in- 

 stitution. Three horses are weekly used for anatomical and opera- 



