THE VETERINARY INSTITUTIONS OF PRUSSIA. 33 1 



Practice and lectures upon auscultation and percussion form a very 

 strong point in the clinical instruction. There are, during the last 

 half year of a graduating class, two classes of students in the hos- 

 pital, those of the lower acting as assistants to their seniors. On 

 the graduation of the latter, the others then have a full year to 

 themselves, when the same course is again pursued. Everything 

 necessary to absolutely perfect instruction is present at this school, 

 the guiding genius to set things in the right direction being alone 

 needed. 



The following statistics will give some idea of the practical dis- 

 cipline which this school offers to its students, and which is not 

 equaled by any other in the world. 



In 1875 the following animals were received in the hospital, or 

 treated elsewhere by the students : 



In the clinic, 2,333 horses, 2 cattle, 2 sheep, 3 swine — 2,340. 



In the dog-clinic (dogs, cats, etc., mostly dogs) — 3,368. 



In the free clinic, 4,459 horses, 5 goats, 2 swine — 4,466. 



Visiting clinic,* 268 cattle, 49 sheep, 11 goats, 191 swine — 519. 

 Grand total, 10,693 animals. 



The number of herds also visited was thirty. 



The number of surgical operations performed at the school was 

 542. 



In 1876 the number of patients taken into the clinic, or visited, 

 was 11,537. 



In one of the stables is the forge of the school. 



The expenses of this institution, from the first quarter of 1878 

 to the end of the first quarter of 1879, were 157,670 marks, or $39,- 

 417.50 ; derived as follows : 



From the hospital and students' fees 91,190 marks,t or $22,797 50 



" " state funds 66,480 " " 16,620 00 



Total $39,417 50 



The money granted by the state is more or less, according to 

 the needs of the institution ; and we see that, during this year, when 

 but little building was carried on, the expenses of the school ex- 

 ceeded the income by over $16,000. 



All the teachers of the institution, as well as other officials and 

 servants, have free residence found them. All the professors and 



* The institution has four horses, and suitable vehicles for this purpose, and such 

 visits are made daily, four students at a time going with a certain teacher. 

 ■j- A mark is a quarter of a dollar. 



