TRANSLATIONS FROM CONTINENTAL JOURNALS. 217 
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1st. A Diary and Almanac. 
2dly. A List of all the Veterinary Surgeons, civil and 
military, in France. 
Sdly. A Memory Aid of Pharmacy and Materia Medica, 
consisting of more than 500 formulae, together with a review 
of Therapeutics, &c. 
It begins with the diary, which is followed by an account of 
the several veterinary establishments. There are in France 
three veterinary schools, namely, one at Alfort, a second at 
Lyons, and a third at Toulouse. To be admitted a pupil of 
these schools a preliminary examination is necessary. The 
time of study is four years, the studies being divided into four 
classes, one for each year. At the end of each session a class 
examination is held, and such students as are found want¬ 
ing are not allowed to enter the next upper class. The term 
of study may thus be extended over six or seven years. 
Each session occupies ten months. The number of diplomas 
granted in 1858 was, for Alfort, 41; Lyons, 13; and 
Toulouse, 25. 
There are six veterinary societies, the first of which is the 
Imperial and Central , which holds its meetings at the Hotel 
de Ville of Paris, every second Thursday in the month. 
The other five are departmental societies. Besides these 
there is a veterinary section at th z Imperial Institute , and also 
at the Academy of Medicine. There is likewise an Imperial 
and Central Society of Agriculture, founded in 1788, which has 
corresponding societies in almost every department in 
France. In all these societies prizes are given, in which 
veterinary science comes in for a large share. 
We next come to an account of the Foreign Veteri¬ 
nary Schools, of which the author gives a very good 
account, commencing his description with the Royal 
Veterinary College of London. Referring to the 
School at Brussels, he observes that this is conducted 
on the same plan as the one at Alfort, four years of study 
being required from each pupil, &c. 
There are in Belgium one Veterinary Society and three 
periodicals devoted to the progress of the science, namely, 
the Annales de Medecine Veterinaire , the Revue Ropulaires 
des Sciences , and Le Scalpel . The two former are published 
monthly, and the latter on the 10th, 20th, and 30th of each 
month. 
