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RECOGNITION OF THE PROFESSION. 
The Medical and Surgical Reporter says in the issue of Jan. 
17th, 1880, under the head of Personal : A marble statue to 
Bourgelat, founder of the Veterinary School of Paris, was un¬ 
veiled in that city Oct. 30th, 1879. When will veterinary science 
receive like recognition in this country ? 
REVOLT AMONGST THE STUDENTS AT ALFORT. 
Under the futile pretext of some re-enforcements in the gene¬ 
ral discipline to which students are submitted by ministerial regu¬ 
lations in the French veterinary schools, two hundred students of 
Alfort, on the night of the 29th of November, 1879, revolted. 
Everything which belongs to such acts amongst students was car¬ 
ried out; breaking of windows, of brooms, &c., a great deal of 
noise, followed with a forced day of vacation, by the trespassing 
of the wall or gates in process of construction. The result was 
a ministerial visit, an inquiry into the cause of the difficulty, and 
the temporary discharge of two hundred members of the four 
classes. After further consideration, they were authorized to re¬ 
enter the school on the 22d of December, with the exception of 
twelve of the leaders, to whom the doors of the veterinary profes¬ 
sion in France are closed. 
INTERNATIONAL VETERINARY CONGRESS IN 1880. 
At the meeting of the Veterinary Society of Liege, held Oct. 
'28th, Mr. Eraers, Veterinary Surgeon, offered a resolution for 
the organization of an International Veterinary Congress, to be 
held in Belgium during the festivities which will take place on 
the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of independence of that 
country. 
