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tion is conducted in Spanish, and all instruments and materials
are provided for by intending aspirants."
The exact number of dentists in this country it is most diffi-
cult to ascertain. A research of the Directory of Spain gives the
following results: In Madrid, 85; Barcelona, 35; Seville, 20
Cadiz, 17; Valencia, 16; Bilbao, 10; Malaga, 8; Granada, 8
Logrono, 8; Saragossa, 6; distributed in smaller towns, 184

total, 381.
There exists no dental school in Spain, and no Dental
Society.*
Two dental journals are published in Spain: La Odontologia,
monthly, published at Cadiz, and Progrcso Dental, published at
Saragossa.
Below are given the royal statutes and ordinances, published
in Spain, regarding the dental profession, which now constitute
the legislation, governing the practice of dentistry in Spain and
its colonies:
une 4- There shall be created a special dental profes-
1875, J
sion, and the title of Surgeon-Dentist (Cirujano-Dentista), and it
shall be obligatory for all persons, practicing the specialty to
possess said title two years after the publication of this royal
ordinance.
1876, February 8. The Department of State (el Ministerio
de la Gobernacion) shall appoint a professor of dentistry for the
public charitable institutions and for the civil and military hos-
pitals of Madrid.
1876, March 3. Through the Department of Protection (el
Ministerio de Fomento) legal sanction is conferred upon private
studies of students under guidance of a dentist preceptor; Pro-
vided, That the aspirants be matriculated and examined by the
Medical Faculties or Universities of the country.

1876, March 11. For the above stated purpose, the course of
study required for obtaining the title of Surgeon- Dentist, shall be
published in the Official Journal.
" El Ministerio de Fomento " directs that two
1876, April 3.
dentists be members of the Tribunal at the University examina-
tions. )
1876, May 28. "El Ministerio de la Gobernacion" appoints
one professional Inspector-General in Spain for the capital and

"Dental Kalender ffiir Deutschland, Oesterreich, Ungam und die Schweiz, for 1893,
published in Berlin, names Circulo Odontologico de Cataluna.