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In Budapest: Budapester Zahntechnischer Verein; founded
1887.
One dental journal is published in Austria-Hungary; "Oes-
terreichische-Ungarische Vierteljahrsschrift fur Zahnheilkunde."

BELGIUM.

(kingdom.)

Area, 11,373 square miles. Population, 6,093,798.
Capital, Brussels; population, 477,398.

The law of 1818 regarding the Healing Art, modified by a
Royal decree of December 30, 1884, regulates the practice of
dentistry in Belgium.
The law of 1884 approves the programme relative to the exam-
inations required for obtaining a dentist's diploma.
The candidate for examination must have studied dentistry
during the period of two full years under a regularly licensed
dentist.
The course of study embraces: Anatomy, Physiology, Pathol-
ogy, Clinical or Operative Dentistry, Prosthetic Dentistry.
Two hours are given to the written and forty-five minutes to
the oral examination.
The dental students attend the clinics at Hopital St. Jean
and St. Pierre, at Brussels.
The number of dentists in Belgium is about 350; in Brussels
(477,398 inhabitants) there were in 1893, 93; in Antwerp (232,-
418 inhabitants), 21; in Liege (Luttich) (146,162 inhabitants) 21;
in Ghent (152.391 inhabitants) 1 1, etc.
No dental society exists in this country.
No dental journal is now published in Belgium.
Revue Odontologique de Bruxelles, founded 1884, and Revue
Odontologique de Belgique, founded 1885, have both ceased to
exist.