842 SYNOPSIS OF CONTINENTAL VETERINARY JOURNALS. 
ing the University and the Faculty of Medicine, also 
attended among others. The Prefect and the Assessor of 
the Corporation addressed words of welcome to the members 
of the Congress. Then M. Ercolani, who was most enthusi¬ 
astically received, spoke in the name of the Minister of 
Public Instruction, and gave assurance that the Government 
takes notice of the desires of veterinary surgeons, for it 
recognises their value in relation to agriculture and national 
industry. After him M. Cocconi addressed the meeting, and 
dealt especially with the two following points—protection 
against empiricism and theinstitution of veterinary communal 
appointments. With regard to the first matter, the Govern¬ 
ment in its proposed sanitary code has suggested penalties for 
empirical practice of veterinary surgery ; as for the second, 
the charges which weigh down communes will long be an 
obstacle to realisation of the wishes of the Government. It 
would be necessary to originate a broad conscription of vete¬ 
rinarians. The speaker especially insisted on the necessity 
of combating charlatanism and ignorance by the diffusion of 
science. Professor Lanzillotti then gave an account of the 
origin of the Congress, after which the following officers 
were elected: 
President, Lanzillotti of Milan. Vice-Presidents, Generali, 
Director of the School of Modena; Delprato, Director of the 
School of Parma; Paladino, Professor at the School of 
Naples ; Griffini, representative of the Royal and National 
Veterinary Society of Italy. Secretaries, Tampellini, Pro¬ 
fessor at the Modena School; Generoso and Romano, private 
practitioners ; Paolucci, Professor at Ancona. Vice-Secre¬ 
taries, Azzalli and Capitoni. After a few words from the 
President, acknowledging the honour done to him, the dis¬ 
cussion on the Conditions of Admission into the Veterinary 
Schools commenced. In turn, Professor Paladino and 
Messrs. Cristin, Buccalossi, Ortolani, and Amicucci spoke 
on the matter. The Congress having heard the contradic¬ 
tory opinions of these speakers, carried the opinion u That 
the licence of the Lyceum be demanded for admission into 
Italian veterinary schools. 5 ’ On the proposition of M. 
Paladino, the Congress unanimously voted, “That the Chair 
of Anatomy and Physiology should be divided.” At the 
commencement of the afternoon sitting, the president com¬ 
municated many telegrams of sympathy sent by members 
prevented from being present, notably from Professor Bassi, 
of Turin. Then M. Griffini, of Milan, read an elaborate 
paper on the “ Repression of Empiricism.” A very animated 
discussion, in which very many members of the teaching body 
