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year of practical training, and then the practical examina­
tion, which consists principally of the treatment of patients,
the performance of operations on the dead body, etc., and,
if passed satisfactorily, confers the right to practise-
There formerly existed in Roumania only a military
medical school, the most gifted pupils of which were sent to
foreign universities to complete their studies. At the
present day the country possesses the two universities of
Bukharest and Jassy, each one of which is provided with a
•medical faculty.* Connected with the former there is a
school of pharmacy. Bukharest also possesses a veterinary
college. The completion of the gymnasium course is a
necessary preliminary to the study of medicine. The
period of studentship at the university lasts five years.
The examinations embrace all departments of medicine,
are both theoretical and practical, and are conducted by the
professors. These concluded satisfactorily, the candidate
receives the doctorate, which carries with it a license to
practise all branches of medicine.
The Servian University of Belgrade as yet has no
medical faculty.
FINAL CONSIDERATIONS.
ON looking at the abundant supply of facts which serve to
throw light on the systems of medical teaching prevalent at
different periods and in various countries the question
naturally suggests itself: " Where is medical education now
carried on in the best and most appropriate way?" The
question, however, as little admits of an answer as does
that which asks which is the best form of government, or
the best religion. While a republic appears most suited
for one nation, and has been preserved by it for centuries,
others require a monarchy, perhaps even despotic rule.
The case is similar with the arrangements for medical
* Revue internat. de l'enseignement, Paris, iv, p. 251 el seq.