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" No one is permitted to practice dentistry before the Medical Inspector
has countersigned the diploma of a surgeon dentist.
" The dentist is not authorized to administer anaesthetics (only local) with-
out the assistance of a physician.
" He is not permitted to prescribe medicine for internal use.
"The law relating to the unlawful practice of dentistry reads: Every
person practicing dentistry without possessing a license, shall be punished by
imprisonment from one day to one year, or by a fine of $4 to $40.
" Other violations of this law are subjected to fines of from forty cents
to $40.
" In case of the offense being repeated within two years after the first
verdict, the fine may be increased to $80, and the imprisonment to eighteen
months. Violations of the stipulations of this law shall be prosecuted accord-
ing to the ordinance of 1874.

URUGUAY.

(republic.)
Area, 72,110 square miles. Population, 648,300.
Capital, Montevideo; population, 175,000.
The course of dental instruction required of the student cov-
ers four years; two years for the preparatory course, and two
years for the higher studies.
The preparatory course of two years embraces the following
branches: Arithmetic, Physics, Chemistry, Zoology and Gymnas-
tics.
The higher course embraces: Anatomy, Physiology, Pathol-
ogy, Materia Medica, Therapeutics, Operative and Prosthetic
Dentistry.
A new dental law for Uruguay is about to be enacted.
The number of dentists in Uruguay was, in May, 1893, accord-
ing to Dr. Angel Guerra, of Montevideo, nineteen. Of those, sev-
enteen were located in the capital, Montevideo; one in the county
or state of San Jose, and one in Salto.
There is no dental society, school or journal in Uruguay.
The examination is passed before a body appointed for that
purpose, and the instruction must be gained from some private
source.