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on that score, in so much that cadaverical dissections are now per- 

 formed in Egypt with the same facility as in our own country. 



The third difficulty likewise the Government remedied, by liberally 

 supplying, at an enormous outlay, a splendid assortment of books, 

 anatomical figures, surgical instruments, and every thing else requisite 

 for the institute ; whence we may affirm, without exceeding the truth, 

 that in this it was rather extravagant, than parsimonious. A proof of 

 this may be the Venus, made with wonderful nicety in Florence, 

 by the chisel of the renowned Chev. Vacca Bellinghieri, and pur- 

 chased for the Abou-Zabel School at the enormous sum of 3000 dollars 

 and upwards.* 



Thus surmounted the impediments that obstructed the accomplish- 

 ment of this beneficent design, the next step was to regulate the 

 course of studies, and to nominate the Professors. These operations 

 had the following results. 



1. Signor Gactini, Professor of general, descriptive, and pathologi- 

 cal Anatomy, and of Physiology. 



2. M. Beruard, of private, public, and military hygiene, and legal 

 Medicine. 



3. M. Duvigneau, of Pathology, and internal Clinics. 



4. M. Clot, of Pathology and external Clinics, Operations, and 

 Midwifery. 



5. M. Barthelemy, of Materia Medica, Therapeutics, the Art 

 of Formulas, and Toxicology. 



6. Signor Celesia, of Chemistry and Physics. 

 7- Signor Figari, of Botany and Horticulture. 



8. Signor Lasperaura, of Anatomical and Pathological preparations. 



These were the Professors of the Abou-Zabel School at its first open- 

 ing ; but there were shortly after some remarkable changes which 

 we deem superfluous to relate. We must however, for justice sake, 

 remark, that besides the distinguished Dr. Clot, the two Italian Pro- 

 fessors Celesia and Figari, (the latter a worthy pupil of the late 

 Chev. Viviani), among the other above named, acquired especial 

 esteem, and marked encomiums in the discharge of their duties. 



We should be too prolix and fastidious, were we to enter into a 

 detailed account of the various scientific improvements introduced 

 into this School, and especially regarding the translation and explana- 

 tion of the lectures, through the medium of the interpreters. We 

 shall nevertheless observe, that at the close of every year a public exa- 

 mination was appointed to be held, at which the Arabian alumni should 



* About 6500 Rupees. 



