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merited in quantity and quality. The candidate, twenty or twenty- 

 one years of age, being a graduate in letters, is received into the 

 veterinary school, and there he has to study for four or even six 

 years. 



The school has four professors, each with an annual salary of 

 about £230; a lecturer, with a salary of £108 ; an assistant, or ad- 

 junct, and a teacher of farriery. Two of the professors, the assist- 

 ant, and the instructor in farriery, reside at the college ; the others 

 have a yearly lodging allowance of £28. The course of teaching 

 at present is as follows : 



Anatomy, physiology, zoology, and pathological anatomy — Pro- 

 fessor Kinnberg. 



Zootechny, sanitary science and police, and the ambulatory 

 clinic — Professor Morell. 



Surgery, obstetrics, farriery, and clinical surgery — Professor 

 Sjostedt. 



Pathology, therapeutics, epizootics, pharmaco-dynamics, pharma- 

 cotechny, and special clinic — Professor Lindquist. 



Botany, physics, chemistry, pharmacology, and pharmacy — Lec- 

 turer Ericsson. 



The assistant aids in the clinic, and the other official instructs in 

 the farriery. 



In Sweden there are thirty Government veterinary surgeons, 

 who receive an annual allowance of £80 and traveling expenses. 

 The regiments in garrison have a regimental veterinary surgeon, 

 with a yearly pay of £170 ; and a battalion veterinary surgeon with 

 the rank of sub-lieutenant, who receives annually £112. Kegiments 

 of the line have regimental and squadron veterinary surgeons, hav- 

 ing the grade of non-commissioned officers, and a pay of £56 yearly. 

 The number of civil and military veterinary surgeons under the 

 Government is 170, and all, so far as their technical duties are con- 

 cerned, are under the direction of the medical authorities. 



The Schools of Germany. 



The School at Stuttgart.* 



This school was the last established among the German schools. 

 It was built on territory which had previously been occupied by the 

 Zoological Garden, the royal order for its establishment being dated 

 August 21, 1796. TTalz, Hordt, and Haussmann were prominent 



* " Die Koniglich. Wiirtemberg. Thierarznei-Schule." Historically considered by He- 

 ring. 1847. Rueff, 1S71. 



