284 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE VETERINARY SCHOOLS. 



On tlieir admittance they were obliged to certify that they had 

 ah'eady served a practical apprenticeship, and be able to read and 

 write. The course of study extended over one year, during which 

 they received instruction in the theories of horseshoeing, and upon 

 the anatomy and physiology of the horse's hoof, the materia medica 

 and special therapy of the horse, and were obliged to visit the school 

 hospital. 



2. Agriculturists. — The conditions of their admittance were a 

 good knowledge of reading, writing, and arithmetic, and proof of 

 having attended the necessary lectures at a public school of agricul- 

 ture. The course was limited to one year, in which they heard lec- 

 tures u^on the natural history of the domestic animals^ the j^rinci- 

 jples of h'eediiig^ the care of the domestic animals, and u_pon the 

 animal vests and their prevention. 



3. Officers., Riding-Masters, and Masters of the Horse. — Officers 

 had to be furnished with certificates of permission to attend the 

 school ; the others with certificates of faithful performance of their 

 duties, and of their ability to read and write. The course also lasted 

 one year, and was limited to natural history, breeding, equine hygi- 

 ene, theory of horseshoeing, anatomy and physiology of the horse, 

 the management of breeding studs, exterior, and equine jurispru- 

 dence. 



4. Future Physicists (" Kiinf tige Physiker "), who could only 

 become practitioners of the third, and doctors of the second year's 

 course of the medico-surgical branches. The lecturers were lim- 

 ited to the theories of animal plagues and veterinary police for one 

 session. 



5. a. Inspectors of Animal and Meat Markets. — On their admit- 

 tance they had to bring certificates of ability to slaughter well, and 

 be able to read and write. The course was limited to twelve hours, 

 during which they received demonstrations of the chief parts of ani- 

 mals used for food, and of the diseases which made them unfit for 

 that purpose, and lectures upon the laws and ordinances regulating 

 such business. 



b. Cattle-drovers and Shepherds. — The course extended over two 

 months, and consisted of instruction in the care and feeding of ani- 

 mals, upon those things which could incite disease, of their preven- 

 tion, and upon the common diseases, and the first principles of treat- 

 ment necessary in case a veterinarian could not be had. 



c. Hunters. — The instruction consisted of a popular form of 

 education upon the dog and its diseases, with especial reference to 

 rabies. 



