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tive practice by the students, and one for the anatomical teacher; 

 they cost some eighty francs each ; about eighty animals are used 

 in this way each year. The anatomical museum is very rich in 

 specimens, and they are better arranged than at Alfort. 



The four-year course is arranged as follows : 



First Session. — Anatomy, dissection, physics, botany. 



Second Session. — Botany, physics, repetition in anatomy, and 

 the two former subjects. 



Third Session. — Anatomy, dissection, physics, chemistry, with 

 revie wings upon the two latter. 



Fourth Session. — Anatomy of the domestic animals aside from 

 the horse ; physics, histology, chemistry, horseshoeing. 



Fifth Session. — Clinic, pharmacy, general and special pathology, 

 anatomy, operative surgery, therapeutics and materia medica ; the- 

 ory and practice of horseshoeing. 



Sixth Session. — Clinic, general and special pathology, anatomy, 

 pathological anatomy, therapeutics and materia medica, pharmacy, 

 with practice, operative surgery, horseshoeing. 



Seventh Session. — Clinic, surgical pathology, horseshoeing, breed- 

 ing, topographic anatomy, operative surgery (theoretical and practi- 

 cal), pharmaceutical practice, forensic medicine, and sanitary po- 

 lice. 



Eighth Session. — Clinic, surgical pathology, breeding, obstetrics, 

 meat-inspection, pharmacy, horseshoeing. Numerous repetitions or 

 reviewings of each branch of study take place during each session. 



The regulations for the control of the Government veterinary 

 officials are about as follows — I say "about," for they are taken 

 from the law of 1851, and some changes may have since been 

 made: 



Article 1. According to the requirements, there shall be one 

 or more Government veterinarians in each agricultural district. 



These veterinarians are named by the Minister of the Interior, 

 on the proposal of the permanent deputation of the provincial coun- 

 cil, and the agricultural commission ; the minister fixes their residence, 

 and the territory over which they shall exert control. 



Art. 2. The Government veterinarians are generally selected 

 from among those who have passed an especially satisfactory exami- 

 nation at the school. 



Art. 3. Each appointment is at first made provisory for a 

 period of three years, and only at the end of this term can the ap- 

 pointment become permanent. 



Art. 4. In those districts where the rewards of practice are in- 



