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mouth, and he is classed among the learned professions, lawyers,
engineers, etc. The physician still pays $80 per year, and the
only satisfaction that you can get from the tax-gatherer when
you complain of the distinction made against you
is: "Well!
Dentistry is a specialty and the dentist ought to pay more than
the general practitioner because he makes more money."
Barber-dentists still pay the same tax as formerly.

PERU.

(republic.)

Area, 463,747 square miles. Population, 2,621,844.
Capital, Lima; population, 101,488.
Through the courtesy of Dr. G. W. Sparrock, located at Lima,
we are enabled to give the following complete account of dent-
istry in Peru:
There is no dental school attached to the University of Peru.
Dental students matriculate in the Faculty of Medicine. For
two years lectures on Anatomy, Physiology and Chemistry are
delivered. During those two years the dental student must
learn the principles and practice of dentistry from a qualified
practitioner. On a certificate from him, the student is admitted
-±0 examination and receives a diploma from the Faculty.
Upon arriving, a stranger must present his diploma and pass
an examination before he is permitted to practice.
Dr. Sparrock, in his communication, says: "On my arrival, in
1890, finding the poor without the means of obtaining the services
of a dentist, I opened an hospital for their benefit in 1891, and
attached a school in 1892. Over 5,000 persons have been treated,
free of charge, in two years. My hospital and school are the first
and only ones established in Peru. They are under the control
of the Supreme Governor.
" I do not know the exact number of dentists in Peru, but in
Lima we have about twenty qualified practitioners, and as many
more unqualified.
" We have no dental journal. There in one dental society
"
Asociacion Dental de Lima.'
'
The only statutes governing the free professors (Profesores
litre), i. e., dentists having pupils or students, read as follows: