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TRAVELS IN BRAZIL. 



rurgla), which was founded in the former college 

 of the Jesuits, on the same principles as the country 

 surgical schools in the kingdom of Bavaria, to form 

 practical surgeons, who are not to be found in the 

 interior. After studying five years the young man 

 may here be made master in surgery. I'he course 

 of study is strictly prescribed*, and care is taken for 

 the acquisition of positive knowledge, by attendance 

 on the neighbouring military hospital. Most of 

 the teachers in this establishment are, at the same 

 time, practical physicians in the city, some of whom 

 follow in their lectures the French elementary 

 books, and some those of Cullen. Natural history, 

 particularly botany, is taught the pupils by Fra 

 Leandro do Sacramento, a learned Carmelite, from 

 Pernambuco, and a disciple of the venerable Brote- 

 ro. In his lectures he makes use of a small nursery 

 of remarkable plants in the public promenade, 

 because the botanic garden is too far from the city. 

 The mineralogical cabinet, which is under the 

 care of our countryman, Lieutenant-Colonel Von 

 Eschwege, is not in a good condition, because he 

 is generally absent from Rio de Janeiro. It con- 

 sists of Baron Chain's collection, described by 

 Werner t, to which no very great additions have 



* According to the plan laid down, they study in the 

 first year Anatomy, Chemistry, Pharmacy ; in the second, 

 the same branches, with the addition of Physiology ; in the 

 third, ^Etiology, Pathology, Therapeutics ; in the fourth, Sur- 

 gery, Midwifery ; in the fifth they attend the Hospitals. 



fW erner's description of a collection of Minerals &c. 

 Luneberg, 1719. ^8vo. 



