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THE MEDICAL PROFESSION IN FRANCE. 
any of his milk teeth : there are very few that have not full 
mouths at fifty-two months. But this rule applies only to oxen 
of the bourbonnais breed.” 
“ For, you must know, that our farmers in Allier go in search of 
the finest produce of the Haute- Vienne and Dordogne, to work their 
heavy and alluvial lands. Now, the ox coming from these coun- 
tries, the Limousine ox, who is strong-built and a good worker, is 
very late in coming to perfection. He sucks for five or six months; 
and not until this age is he put on any food that requires mastica- 
tion. And so (not, however, that I am bold enough to assert this as 
the reason) he does not get his permanent teeth for a much later 
period than the bourdonnais animals ; in general, not until the 
fifth year ; and it is by no means so rare to discover milk teeth 
even at a later period.” 
1 shall conclude, Sir, by informing you that M. Yvart, Inspector 
General of Veterinary Schools and Royal Sheepfolds, President 
of the Judges’ Board at the Show of Poissy, to whom I communi- 
cated your letter and my reply, has assured me, that, in his tour of 
inspection through different parts of France, as well as at the 
market and show of fat beasts at Poissy, and in England, he has 
observed numerous instances in confirmation of what I have men- 
tioned to you, and which he does not hesitate to ascribe to similar 
circumstances connected with breed and feeding. 
My reply may, perhaps, appear rather lengthy ; but the im- 
portance which you appeared, and with reason, to attach to the 
inquiry, will I trust plead my excuse. All I desire is, that it 
may prove satisfactory to that honourable Society by whom, 
through you, I have been interrogated. 
Consent, I pray you, 
To accept, &c. 
Eug. Renault. 
THE MEDICAL PROFESSION IN FRANCE. 
A BILL is now before the French legislature for the reform of 
the medical profession in France. The subject excites great in- 
terest on the other side of the channel, and as medical reform is 
one which has lately attracted some attention in England, we give 
the following remarks upon the subject from Galignani's Mes- 
senger. The article, we believe, is from the pen of a well-known 
English physician resident in Paris, and it gives a graphic sketch 
of the changes to be made in France as respects the medical pro- 
fession. — ( Morning Chronicle . ) 
