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Thus it will be seen that the requirements for graduation are
very stringent, perhaps more so than in any other country in the
world. A student, before entering upon the study of medicine,
must be a graduate from the Lyceum, a diploma from which is
equivalent to the M. A. degree in the United States.
The medical course embraces six years, after which a course
of one year in the study of dentistry is required, before the can-
didate can secure his diploma.
The last inquiry in regard to the sanitary and hygienic condi-
tion of the communities, in 1885, gave the number of practicing
dentists as 806, but it is understood that many were included who
had no right or authority to be classed as such. According to
the last census, taken in 1881, there were but 488 practicing den-
tists, and it is hardly to be supposed that there would be an in-
crease of nearly 100 per cent, in four years.
The teaching of dentistry is still included in the course of
Phlebotomy; for as yet no medical or surgical faculty has been
officially appointed to teach that branch of surgery. The direct-
ors of the University of Rome wished to add a dental depart-
ment to the university with one or more chairs, but owing to the
lack of funds and the indifference displayed by the dentists, ac-
tion has been indefinitely postponed.
At present there are three schools where degrees in Phle-
botomy may be obtained, admitting the possessor to practice
dentistry, viz.: at Rome, Pisa and Padua.
There are two dental journals published in Italy. The, oldest
is a progressive journal, which well deserves its name of // Pro-
gresso Dentistico. It is edited in Milan and is issued monthly.
The other is L Odontojatria, of which the first number appeared
in the spring of 1893. Edited in Palermo.
We are indebted to A. T. Webb, M. D., D. D. S., of Rome, for
the above exhaustive contribution.