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548 MODERN TIMES.
dissecting and watching over their progress. Moreover,
each-of the prosectors gives three lectures a week, and each
of the assistants one lecture, the subjects of which are chosen.
in accordance with a plan sketched out by the Director.
These lectures of the prosectors and assistants are in close
connection with one another, and together serve to review
the whole of the science of anatomy; they form the most
important part of the teaching of anatomy. The posts of
prosector and assistant are filled by competitive examination.
Whoever aspires to become a prosector must be a
legally qualified practitioner, and must undergo a written
and oral examination on anatomy, histology, physiology,.
and operative surgery, must put up an anatomical and a.
histological preparation, and must perform two surgical,
operations upon the dead body. The assistantships are alsoconferred
after competition, and are entrusted to older
students who show ability. The students are bound to
appear regularly at the anatomical lectures of the prosectors
and assistants, and also to practise dissection methodically
for three hours daily, and they subject themselves to much
unpleasantness if they neglect these observances.
The practical work in the school of anatomy claims threewinters.
During the first two, normal human anatomy is
studied, during the last winter operative surgery on the
dead body. For this the student pays a fee of 100 francs.
The abundant supply of material for instruction, the
strict manner in which the attendance and work of the
students are looked after, the close connection between
theory and practice, the application of anatomical facts to.
practical medical science and especially to surgery, and
the continual personal instruction given by the teachers.
lead to remarkable results. The medical students of Paris
acquire as a rule a thorough knowledge of anatomy which
has inestimable advantages in regard both to their further
technical training and to their success afterwards in the
practice of their profession.
There exists in Paris a special Anatomical Institute for