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and oven that was rarely attended to. Applicants are now required
to have a preliminary education equivalent to the Batchelor of Arts
degree of the secondary course in the Turkish schools. While there
are many native dentists in Constantinople, there are only two
Aniericans practising' here, and both are doing fairly well. They
practise ])rinciiia!ly among the foreign residents, as the native popu-
lation does not pay very nuich attention to its teeth."
"Legacion del Uruguay, Washington, D. C.
"Any title of the United States needs
Uruguay. ratification, and that is only obtained after
paying $200 and passing an examination.
Uruguay has treaties with some nations, and according to them the
title is accci)ted without examination, but there is no such treaty
with the I'nited States."
"Legacion de las Estados Unidos de Venezuela.
"A dentist, duly graduated, to be able to
Venezuela. practise in X'enezuela must submit to a
practical examination on medical dentistry
before a Board of Dentistry, and comply with the provisions of the
Code of Public Instruction of \'enezuela. promulgated April 12,
1908."
"Zanzibar, Zanzibar, November 27th. 191 1.
"There are no legal restrictions upon
Zanzibar. the practice of dentistry in the Sultanate
of Zanzibar, and no qualifications are re-
quired. There is but one dentist in Zanzibar at this time who has
received foreign training, so far as I can learn ; there are. however,
dentists (so-called) among the Indian and Arab population, who
practise the profession.
"I submitted your question whether there was need for a
dentist in Zanzibar to our most proininent physician here, and his
answer was in the affirmative. He stated further that, in his opin-
ion, a competent dentist who came here could make a good living.
It seems necessary to explain that Zanzibar is a town of about
35,cxx) people, of whom only about 250 are Europeans or Ameri-
cans ; the remainder are British Indians, Arabs, Goans, etc. For
anyone who came here to practise, it would be possible to go to
British East Africa at stated periods to see his clients, and neces-
sarily a proportion of the practice would be among the so-called
inferior races.
"The climate of Zanzibar, while not bad. is certainly not good,
and fever must be expected. In British East Africa, dentists are
required to be registered, but, 'Any person who can satisfy the
Registrar that he is entitled to be registered in the United Kingdom
as a colonial or foreign dentist' is entitled to registration."