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BRITISH GUIANA.

(BRITISH COLONY.)

Area, 109,000 square miles. Population, 278,477.
Capital, Georgetown; population, 55,300.
From the city of Demerara we are informed as follows: "We
have no college, school or other body of dentistry. We have
two dentists here, one American and one Frenchman. We have
not been able to ascertain the number of dentists in the capital or
in the colony as a whole.

CHILI.
(republic.)

Area, 293,970 square miles. Population, 2,665,926.
Capital, Santiago; population, 236,870.

The laws governing the practice of dentistry in Chili are of
June 21, 1844 (Article 23), and of October 18, 1888, and contain
the following:

ESCUELA DE DENTISTICA REGLAMENTO.

(School of Dentistry Regulations.)
Santiago, October 18, 1888.
Decreto:
I approve the following regulations prepared by the Council
•of Public Instruction during the session of June 9, 1888:
Article i. Under the direction of the faculty of medicine
and pharmacy, and located in a school of medicine, there shall be
established a special school, in which will be taught the branches
necessary to obtain the title of dentist.
Art. 2. To matriculate in the dental school, a certificate will
be required which will indicate that the applicant has passed the
following primary studies: Spanish grammar, geography and
arithmetic, and the following secondary studies of chemistry,
physics, natural history, hygiene, drawing and a foreign lan-
guage.
The studies which constitute the course of dentistry
Art. 3.
will be the following, divided in two years: