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FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
"Adis Ababa, Abyssinia, March 6, 191 2.
"No dental laws exist in this country.
Abyssinia. and no license or diploma is required. A
diploma from any special college, in
America or elsewhere, would have little meaning here. There is
but one dentist in Abyssinia at present, a Greek, who holds a
position at the native court, and has a small practice in town.
No opening exists here, as the foreign population at Adis Ababa
is very small, the capital being situated nearly three hundred
miles from the railway terminus. At Dire Dawa, however, the
town is increasing in size owing to the advance of the railroad,
but I should judge hardly sufficient for a permanent location at
this time. I should not consider Abyssinia a profitable field,
according to the standards of the American dentist, for some time
to come."
"Algiers, Algeria. February 20. 1912.
"Relative to the possibilities and re-
Algeria, quiremcnts of dentistry in this country. T
am pleased to inform you as follows
1. The possibilities, particularly in Algiers at the present
time, are very good, as there is only one English-speaking dentist
on the coast.
2. The requirements are the same as those in France, i. c,
three years' study in a professional school; after graduation, an
examination before the medical facultv. The same laws applv to
Tunisia."
NOTE.—The new dental law, which went into force in France in
November, 1911, has lengthened the course to five years; two years to be
spent in probationary work in a dentist's office or a laboratory of a dental
college, and three years of actual attendance at a recognized dental college.
"Aden, Arabia, December 11, 191 1.
"No license is required to practise den-
Arabia, tistry in Aden. English and American
dentists who visit this port practise their
profession in their hotels for a period of from one to two months.
As natives do not generally care for dental work, there is no hope
of a good business here."
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FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
"Adis Ababa, Abyssinia, March 6, 191 2.
"No dental laws exist in this country.
Abyssinia. and no license or diploma is required. A
diploma from any special college, in
America or elsewhere, would have little meaning here. There is
but one dentist in Abyssinia at present, a Greek, who holds a
position at the native court, and has a small practice in town.
No opening exists here, as the foreign population at Adis Ababa
is very small, the capital being situated nearly three hundred
miles from the railway terminus. At Dire Dawa, however, the
town is increasing in size owing to the advance of the railroad,
but I should judge hardly sufficient for a permanent location at
this time. I should not consider Abyssinia a profitable field,
according to the standards of the American dentist, for some time
to come."
"Algiers, Algeria. February 20. 1912.
"Relative to the possibilities and re-
Algeria, quiremcnts of dentistry in this country. T
am pleased to inform you as follows
1. The possibilities, particularly in Algiers at the present
time, are very good, as there is only one English-speaking dentist
on the coast.
2. The requirements are the same as those in France, i. c,
three years' study in a professional school; after graduation, an
examination before the medical facultv. The same laws applv to
Tunisia."
NOTE.—The new dental law, which went into force in France in
November, 1911, has lengthened the course to five years; two years to be
spent in probationary work in a dentist's office or a laboratory of a dental
college, and three years of actual attendance at a recognized dental college.
"Aden, Arabia, December 11, 191 1.
"No license is required to practise den-
Arabia, tistry in Aden. English and American
dentists who visit this port practise their
profession in their hotels for a period of from one to two months.
As natives do not generally care for dental work, there is no hope
of a good business here."
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