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LUXEMBURGH.

(grand duchy.)

Area, 998 square miles. Population, 211,088.
Capital, Luxemburgh; population, 18,187.
Only citizens of this country are permitted to practice in
Luxemburgh. They must be Bachelors of Arts before they can
pass the special dental examination. The special curriculum in-
cludes Anatomy, Surgery, Therapeutics, General Physiology and
Medicine, Dental Surgery, Chemistry and Laboratory Work, and
requires three years of study. The foregoing college course re-
quires seven years.
The examination is written, oral and clinical, and lasts one
whole day. There is no dental school or other dental institution
in Luxemburgh. The dentists are not permitted to advertise.
Two dental physicians are practicing in Luxemburgh, but owing
to the moderate requirements in instruction, there are a number of
dental quacks in the neighbouring towns.
The above information has been kindly forwarded to us by
Weber, D. D. S., Professor at the Royal Athenaeum and Italian
J.
Consul at Luxemburgh.

MALTA.

(ENGLISH POSSESSION.)
170,000 inhabitants.
The following report from the United States Consul, John
Worthington, to United States Department of State covers every-
thing of interest that can now be ascertained pertaining to the
state of dentistry in the Maltese Islands:

DENTISTRY IN MALTA.
[Report by Consul Worthington.]
I have received several inquiries from American dentists, ask-
ing for information on the following points: (i) Are there any
laws in Malta regulating the practice of dentistry? (2) What ex-