218 AROUND THE WORLD VIA IXDIA. 



First Year. — Descriptive and surgical anatomy, gen- 

 eral anatomy and physiology, materia medica, element- 

 ary chemistry, dissection, practical pharmacy, followed 

 by a test examination in anatomy, physiology, ma- 

 teria medica and chemistry. 



Second Year. — Descriptive and surgical anatomy, 

 general anatomy and physiology, materia medica, chem- 

 istry (full course), dissections (six postmortems), 

 nine months' hospital practice, three months' out-pa- 

 tient practice, to be followed by a final examination in 

 anatomy, physiology, materia medica. and chemistry. 



Third Year. — Medicine and clinical medicine, sur- 

 gery and clinical surgery, midwifery, medical juris- 

 prudence, pathology, practical midwifery (three la- 

 bors), ophthalmic medicine and surgery, six postmort- 

 ems, nine months' hospital practice, three months" 

 ophthalmic hospital practice, to be followed by final 

 examination in pathology and medical jurisprudence. 



Fourth Year. — Medicine and clinical medicine, sur- 

 gery and clinical surgery, midwifery, practical mid- 

 wifery (six cases of labor), three months' hospital 

 practice, midwifery wards (six months), dental out- 

 patient practice (three months), dental surgery (op- 

 tional), to be followed by final examinations in medi- 

 cine and surgery and midwifery. 



It will be seen from the above that in the whole curri- 

 culum there is only one optional branch — dental sur- 

 gery. The English teachers of medicine and surgery 

 believe in the wisdom of making the attendance on all 

 lectures and clinics obligatory, as it should be. Some of 

 our best American medical colleges are making a seri- 

 ous mistake in giving the students too much liberty in 

 the choice of their studies, the results of which must 

 necessarily be a fragmentary and imperfect knowledge 

 in some of the most important branches they are ex- 

 pected to master. Optional liberties in a medical col- 

 lege are as harmful as they would be if they were intro- 

 duced into our primary schools. Students thus priv- 



