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sinken . . wie der Arzt aufhort Naturforscher zu 

 sein." 



In the above I have been trying to put forward the 

 programme for the success of which I have been work- 

 ing for a great many years. It really looks as if the 

 prospect of its complete realization was not so unfavour- 

 able after all. I pointed out above that the two desi- 

 derata of most importance were these: the admission 

 of general pathology into the curriculum as a subject for 

 examination, and the foundation of an Institute for 

 General Pathology. 



The former is already half realized. Indeed, while 

 this paper was being written, the Royal assent was 

 given to the proposed reform of the medical curriculum 

 which last winter was worked out by the Faculty. Ac- 

 cording to this proposal, general pathology will not 

 only be admitted into the curriculum, but is to be 

 the object of both a paper and a viva voce examination. 

 Eight years must pass before this examination can be 

 held for the first lime, but the Faculty has now recog- 

 nised in principle the altered position of general patho- 

 logy- 



As regards the Institute, there are fair prospects 



for its establishment. There is every reason to hope 

 that the plans of the new clinical hospitals and medi- 

 cal institutions will be accepted during the next Parlia- 

 mentary session, and amongst these is one for the 

 much needed Institute for General Pathology. 



One point only it has been necessary to relinquish. 

 The department for applied medical bacteriology into 

 which I formerly hoped I should be able to convert 

 the Sero-therapeutical Department, has been lost to the 

 Copenhagen University. But it has now been resuscitated 



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