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that the student should study and appreciate the biological 
sciences, which are the basis of medical study, which cannot be 
done under the system now followed, as physic and chemistry 
prevent it. He was in favor of an examination in the natural 
sciences and one for the veterinary candidate. He proposed the 
division of the examination of candidates into two distinct 
brandies ; the first including the natural sciences proper (physic, 
chemistry and botany); the second, the biological sciences (anato¬ 
my, physiology), etc., etc. 
Mr. Larmet favored an examination at the end of each year, 
and proposed an amendment to that effect, which was also sign¬ 
ed by Messrs. Anne Kossignol an'd Quivogne. Mr. Hugues pro¬ 
posed to drop the first paragraph. 
Mr. Dubois would say: “ the veterinary candidate shall pass 
two examinations upon the different branches of veterinary edu¬ 
cation, the first comprehending the preparatory qualifications (for 
candidature); the second covering the essential s branches of veterin¬ 
ary medicine proper. 
The General Secretary would maintain the examination to test * 
the candidate for proof that he had attended clinical instructions 
for two years previous to his application for the examination for 
his veterinary surgeon’s degree. 
Mr. Quivogne did not like the diploma of candidature, because, 
if the holder of it is afterward prevented from continuing his stud¬ 
ies, he can easily become an empiric by abusing his title of candi¬ 
date. 
Prof. Wehenkel stated that as given in Belgium, that diploma 
does not admit of this objection. The right to practice belongs 
only to the finished graduate of veterinary medicine. 
The Honorary President presented the three propositions fol¬ 
lowing : 
(a) The first is radical, that of Mr. Feger, and proposes to omit 
Chapter IY, considering its purport to be foreign to the associated 
question. 
( b ) That of Mr. Hugues, asking the suppression of the first 
paragraph. 
(c) And that of Messrs. Muller and Wirtz. 
