778 SYNOPSIS OF CONTINENTAL VETERINARY JOURNALS. 
we are sure our readers will appreciate M. Bouley’s remark 
on this election : “ M. Chauveau is one of our confreres and 
the entire profession will feel a legitimate pride at this new 
success of one of our most eminent chiefs/’ M. Bouley , 
too, has received a well-earned and just acknowledgment of 
his scientific value. “ The principal candidates for the chair 
of Physiology, as successor to Claude Bernard, were M. 
Bouley, of the Institute, Inspector-General of Veterinary 
Schools; M. Arm. Moreau, a pupil of Bernard; M. Rouget, 
Professor to the Faculty of Montpellier. The professors of 
the museum have just placed M. Bouley’s name first on the 
list; also at the last sitting the Academy of Sciences 
similarly gave M. Bouley the highest place. His appoint¬ 
ment may, therefore, be considered as certain.” (Revue 
Scientijique.) —We observe too, with satisfaction, that by a 
ministerial decree of the 25th June, 1879, M. Goubaux was 
appointed Director of the Alfort School. We nave reason 
to believe that his appointment to this leading position will 
prove beneficial to the School, and satisfactory to his present, 
future, and former pupils. His care has considerably im¬ 
proved the teaching of Anatomy during his tenure of the 
post of Professor of Anatomy. He is a member of the 
Academy of Medicine, and of the Societe Centrale de Mede- 
cine Veterinaire, of which he occupied the presidential chair 
in 1857. We learn from the Annales de Medecine Vete¬ 
rinaire de Bruxelles of September, one of the benefits of 
government control of veterinary schools. Thus, <c according 
to the law of 30 th July, 1879, in reference to retiring pro¬ 
vision ( emeritat ) for professors, &c., of higher instruction, the 
director and professors of the School of Veterinary Medicine 
as well as those of the Agricultural Institution of the State, 
&c., may claim the retiring provision (1) after 30 years 
academical service, whatever their age; (2) on attaining the 
age of 70 years, with at least 10 years’ academic service ; (3) 
on resignation, on account of serious and permanent infirmity 
after 20 years of academical service. The retiring pension 
is equal to the estimated medium between the salary and salary 
as augmented during the last five years.” While veterinarians 
of the British army receive from the government “ the pound 
of flesh without one drop of blood,” except when a retro¬ 
spective warrant or order stops some allowance or removes 
a time-honoured privilege, the French Government is select¬ 
ing from amongst its veterinary officers such as are worthy 
by length of service and energy in the field to be recipients 
of the Legion d’honneur. Thus M.M. Dubourdeaux, Gilibert, 
Roques, Flamens, and Voyer were honoured with the Grade 
