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ment, they would be perfectly admissible, and no one 
would dream of suppressing them. But this is absolutely 
impossible.” 
M. Poisson, of Paris, pointed out a deficiency in the 
course of instruction of the Veterinary schools, which he 
believed remains now as when he was a pupil, the Bovine 
Clinic; and he proposed, as a means of improvement, that 
each establishment should be in relations with an agent who 
would undertake to send every month a certain number of 
pregnant cows who might, by coming in succession, initiate 
pupils in obstetric practice. M. Bouley showed the Congress 
that these desiderata have to a certain extent been secured, 
since by the attention of the Administration and the 
liberality of the House a farm has been attached to each 
school. Thus, the pupils now have subjects for observation 
and experience belonging to species such as our wards do not 
sufficiently supply ; large and small ruminants, pigs, rabbits, 
and poultry ; and they can be exercised in the practice of 
castration of male and female animals, can attend at par** 
turitions, and can observe such cases of disease as occur. 
This is a step in the right direction; we must not, too, 
exaggerate the difficulties of obstetric practice: a very 
complete course is given at the schools by the aid of plates 
and models, and when young practitioners have scientific 
appreciation of the difficulties which may be met with in 
practice they can generally recognise and overcome them 
when they actually occur, as we may observe every day. 
M. Foucher , veterinary surgeon of the slaughter-houses of 
Paris, considered that a special course on meat inspection 
should be given at the schools, so that pupils might be in a 
position to occupy, with practical knowledge of the matter, 
the post which municipalities all tend to give to veterinarians 
to assure themselves of the healthiness of meat delivered for 
consumption. This M. Foucher might have assured himself 
is already provided for by reading the Ministerial proclama¬ 
tion recently published in the veterinary journals relating to 
the division of matters of instruction between the eight 
Professorships at present instituted. The inspection of 
butcher’s meat is the object of a special course appropriated 
to the Chair of Contagious Diseases and Sanitary Police. 
The professors holding these will make it a duty to acquire 
the necessary experience on this matter by availing them¬ 
selves of all means of observation and of study such as they 
will find in the abattoirs and the pupils can be initiated in 
the inspection of meat by numerous practical demonstrations. 
The opinion has been expressed that Odontology should hold 
