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elected to the chair, or even to a lectureship. One of those whose 

 names have come clown to us, Alessandra Giliani dal Porsiceto, is re- 

 corded as having been a most skilful and neat dissector, and as having 

 assisted Mondino in preparing the dissections for his public demon- 

 strations. Another, Anna Morandi or Manzolini, lived in the first part 

 of the eighteenth century. Her husband was an artist, a sculptor, 

 and a modeller in wax. She assisted him in his work, and soon ex- 

 celled him both in her knowledge of anatomy and her skill as a 

 modeller. Her models of the pregnant uterus were particularly fine. 



The centenary of a University which, independently of its great 

 history, lays claim to the proud title of Alma Mater Studiorum, is no 

 ordinary centenary, even in an age in which celebrations of this kind 

 have been unusually plentiful. The invitation, therefore, which Bologna 

 issued was very largely accepted in every quarter of the globe. The 

 Universities in Germany were most numerously represented, no fewer 

 than twenty having sent .delegates. Great Britain and Ireland sent 

 representatives from thirteen, or, if we include the colonies, from 

 eighteen Universities, and America from fourteen. Nine Universities 

 in Austria, and eight in France, were represented. In all, 103 foreign 

 Universities answered the summons, and from these 172 delegates were 

 sent. A very large proportion of these were Professors of Law, but, 

 as might be expected, Medicine in all its branches was well represented. 



