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^candidates, and consequently for the most part falling ;<
through altogether.
If the general education of the English students is"
-•inferior to that of the German, the English training has in * ;
.another respect a great advantage over theirs, inasmuch as ,
the development of the body has its, full importance
assigned to it in England. The English schools are not ;
only careful for the education of the intellectual powers of m
their students, but attend also to the deve^pment of their
bodies in health and strength. The yOung men spend, a
large portion of-every day in the parks and gardens sur- i
rounding many of the colleges. Bodily exercises of all
kinds, cricket and football, wrestling, gymnastics, riding,'
swimming, rowing, etc., preserve their health and strengthen
.their bodily powers. As a result of this the English students
'appear, as a general rule, fresher, healthier, and stronger
than their German brethren, who, after having been obliged
to sit on school forms at the gymnasium for 32 hours in the
week, and having been plagued for the rest of their time
with school tasks and private lessons,, come to the unfver- i
sity tired and weary, and suffering frequently from short­
sightedness, weakness of the chest, and other affections. ,
The curriculum of medical studies upon which the pro­
fessional education of most English doctors proceeds,
exhibits many differences at the different seats of training,
but shows in every case a marked preference for the so-
called practical subjects. ( Leaving certain universities
out of the question, a relatively small amount of time
and labour is given to the, preliminary and* theoretical
sciences ancillary to medicine. The extensive subject
of physiology -which at" the_ German universities oc­
cupies six hours a week throughout a whole year is
got through in 3-4 lectures a week during six months
by, the medical schools, of England.* Practical work in
* But in addition to the lectures on physiology which * the student has to
attend during two winter sessions there are also physiological- demonstrations,
and a course of practical physiology in the summer session : so the subject is
really dealt-with in a satisfactory manner..—E. H. H.