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D. McEACHRAN. 
Russian Government, received a short time ago from the Director of 
the Veterinary College at Dorpat, will prove interesting, as showing the 
thoroughness of the requirements for graduation in that country: 
The degrees to be obtained by examination are— 
(a) Veterinary Surgeon or Veterinarian. 
(fi) Master of Veterinary Medicine. 
For the lirst, the candidate must undergo an examination in— 
(1) Collateral Branches—Agricultural Science, Mineralogy, Bot¬ 
any, Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, Physics and Physical Geogra¬ 
phy, General and Medical Chemistry. 
( 2 ) In the principal branches—General Anatomy with Histology, 
Animal Physiology, External Conformation, Science of Breeding, Animal 
Hygiene, General Pathology, Pathological Anatomy and Pathological 
Histology, Pharmacology, Pharmacy, General Therapeutics, Special 
Pathology and Therapeutics (medicine), Contagious Diseases, Veterinary 
Jurisprudence, Theoretical Surgery, Obstetrics, Operative Surgery, 
Theory of Shoeing, Medical and Surgical Clinics, Works which are 
found in the “ Veterinair Apotheke,” and in Practical Horseshoeing. 
Special regulations relate to the following: 
(1) General Anatomy, with Histology.—The examination consists 
m the demonstration of one ot the cavities of the body, and a perfect 
determination of the situation, together with the general and microscopic 
structure of the organs therein, the perforation and demonstration of 
the vessels and nerves of one extremity. 
Three weeks are allowed for this— 
(2) Pathological Anatomy—The candidate must perform a post¬ 
mortem examination, and prepare a written report of the same. 
(3) Pharmacology—The candidate has two medicines to recognize, 
and must write out and prepare two recipes. 
(4) Surgical Operations—Two operations must be performed, either 
upon the living subject or the cadaver. 
(5) Practical Obstetrics—The performance of two obstetrical opera¬ 
tions on the phantom, according to the most approved methods, together 
with an explanation of the cases which demand such operations. 
( 6 ) In the science of horseshoeing, the candidate must give evidence 
of capability of putting his theoretical knowledge into practice. 
(7) The clinical examination consists in the treatment by the candi¬ 
date, of a diseased animal in the surgical, and another in the medical 
department, and the furnishing by him of the clinical histories of the 
patients. 
