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wax of the more important muscular and vascular parts of 
the animal frame. In time, the collection will be an inte- 
resting one, and add considerably to the value of the school 
as a means of instruction. 
The veterinary establishment at Bern is much smaller 
than that at Brussels, but it is very creditable to the canton. 
It is not capable of accommodating more than from twenty- 
five to thirty pupils, and about the same number of horses ; 
cattle being attended to only at their owners’ places. There 
are four professors, whose respective divisions are anatomy, 
physiology, pathology, and therapeutics. 
Professor Anker politely accompanied us through the in- 
firmary, and described the more interesting cases under 
treatment. A case of rheumatism had yielded to deep acu- 
punctures in the muscles of the thigh, after, as he stated, all 
the ordinary remedies had failed to do any good. On in- 
quiry, we ascertained that none of the preparations of col- 
chicum had been tried. Mallenders, so called even here, is 
found to yield to a dilute solution of corrosive sublimate in 
hydrochloric acid. Some practitioners, however, prefer a 
solution of arsenic. Farcy, the professor said, is generally 
eradicated by the timely use of cantharides with tonics ; but 
as to glanders, the best and most effective way of getting rid 
of that disease he believed was to shoot the animal. The 
state in which the stables were, at the time of our visit, w^as 
anything but creditable, from the horses being allowed to 
stand on dirty litter. 
Two years and a half’s study are required from the students, 
allowing the same vacations as at Brussels ; after w hich 
period, being found on examination competent, they receive 
a certificate to practise under the sanction of the school. 
There are those who practise without this certificate, but 
they are not recognised nor protected by the government. 
The school w'as founded in 1807, and is situated outside the 
walls of the town, a little beyond the celebrated bear-garden. 
One of the poor brutes w r as poisoned the week before w^e w r ere 
there by means of arsenic, given to it by some miscreant. The 
bear is held in high repute by the Bernese, this animal being 
