The New York herald., 1874-11-30

stands q word OF them or not. IL Is the uest way
school he must al once lnscrioe his name at the
/ once OF the secretary OF the faculty and must
| show a title OF Bachelor OF Letters. The utle OF
| Bachelor OF Arts Is now also demanded, but 1T may
! be presented later on IN the course OF stuoy fhe
French school exacts three lend OF the year" ex.
| amlnatlons before the faculty. five separate ex.
am nations Tor the Doctorate and the thesis, max
ing IN all nine examinations. also certlhcates Of
three years service in the hospitals, all OF which
/ requires about seven years study, altnougn ie
very dgen or very prar or ,se wnas ars
/ only about $3.50. FOR the loreign student
! who is already graduate OF resPecta,
the recommendation OF the Minister OF his country
! to Jump all the arst examinations and detals and
\ only submit him TO the i've examinations Tor the
| Doctorate and the thesis, which usually consume
rom year ana a ha.f to three years. The titles
OF Bachelor required may DE obtained rapidly
s.srrFFING scHooLs.o
which prepare MIN Tor the Examining Board at the
the sums OF money spent by the majority OF
from $500 to $1,000 IL Is said that few OF the
poorer french students manage 70 i've on $500 or
saould say that no iorelgn student ought 10 make
the attempt on u less SUN than
SEVEN HUNDRED DOLLARS YEAR
There is not, to my knowledge, hali a dozen
boarding houses IN the Latin Quarter. Nearly ali
the students hire rooms by the month and eas III
the restaurants.
LIGHT FROM OTHER SOURCES.
The Information / have carefully collected from
other sources now lies before me in large pile OF
papers, which have formed the principal part OF
my labor Tor some months. II may be thus sum-
married. Medical students on arriving In Paris
usually take up their abode in the nelghoorhood
oil the schools, on tue lett bank OF the Seine. They
are generally TO be found In furnished rooms for
which they pay from $40 TO sl2 month. and they
seldom or never board In the house where they
loage. The district III which they live Is well pro-
vided with eap eating houses, where the student
IN n.a sut ar
upward per month. here the student IN Paris taxes
his meals. HIS mornings are spent in VISITING
winch latter hour he breakfasts. HIS afternoons
are, should be, devoted TO reading or attending
lectures. He dimes between SIX and seven O'Clock,
aud then the American medical student par
taking very much, as ne does, or the nature OF
tue tourist, lays himself out ior seeing Sights.
The American medical students VINO come to rars
10 pursue their udles are. Tor the most part, not
students at all III the Ordinary sepse ol tue tetul
that IS TO say. they are not inscribed as regular
students at the medical school. They are gener-
ally young doctors, VINO nave already taken their
degree at some medical institution III tue Ihited
States, and are ol ThaG class whose tme ana
means enable them 10 spend one or TWO years
abroad, ootn in travel and study. They seem TO
DIVIDE their attention pretty equally between
Paris and Vienna, Berlin and London.
These great centres oil ScleDtldc knowl-
edge, with their numerous hospitals, oner
many advantages to the student Who Is al
ready well grounded on the broad principles OF
ms PROCESSION ana who is merely desrous or per-
lectlng himself In some particular ofaLch
o. medicine tn,ol OF surgery. y aaey ARE are IKE. IKE.
pursued taelr previous studies IN some small city,
chiefly on account OF The greater variety oi cases
always to be iound IN popuIous towns Conse-
quently the American medical student in Paris
rarely ever attends the lectures oil the schools as
regular course, but confines himself 10 reading,
visiting the dinerent hospitals ana giving especial
attention 10 operations OF which he Is enabled TO
great number.
THE PRINCIPAL ADVANTAGES OF PARIS
as school OF medicine consist III the multiplicity
os patients TO whom tue student nnds an easy
access, and consequently the many general surgi
Cal operations which lie Is permitted 70 witness.
The Paris Medical Scnooi Is more remarkable for
general medicine ana surgery than for speciaitles
IN those brancnes and 1T Is not al present supe-
rlor IN any respect to Vienna, Berlin or London.
one great advantage obtained oy the American
medical student, VINO nas studied for time IN
france and Germany. Is the acquisition OF
suiiicient amount OF the french and German Ian
guages to enable hlm TO read the new publications
relating to his procession winch are constantly
appearing In those countries. rms advantage is
OF prime Importance To all those who wish 10 fol-
low closely the march OF medical science IN Eu.
rope, as many OF the newest and most ineritorlous
publications. concerning surgery and medicine,
when printed in Germany and IN France, are
but tardly or never translated into English. II
ton OF those languages would be Of any practical
benent TO an American physician; lor the french
emigrants and residents In the United States are
not numerous enough to make their language OF
much Importance 10 physician as means OF
communicating with patients. The Importance
OF the French language To Americans generally
may be estimated when 1t is known tnat up TO
1871 the French emigrants TO the United states
were only 245,ol2 IN numoer, while the German
emIgrants numbered 2,3os,4S3 and not more than
one.twelith OF the lore.gn trade OF the United
states was carried on with France.
CHEMISTRY.
There is no regularly organized school OF chem.
istry IN Paris, ana no dee ees IN that science are
ever conferred IN France. The principal laDora-
torres are those belonging to the great industrial
MANUFACTURES. There are also small laboratories
such that which IS attached TO tue Mining
school, but they are more used Dy professors than
by students The laboratory OF the oorDoAne
would scarcely Accommodate more thaa haii a
dozen students; and probably there are never
more tnan onetniru OF that number working there
al the same time. 1t not unrequeaty happens
that French students VINO intend TO pursue the
practice oi meaiciBe enter or time at an ludus-
trial laboratory. IN order TO acquire the necessary
knowledge oi Chemistry to enable them to pass
their examination i0r degree.
FREE LECTURES.
The Lectures oil tue Paris Medical school are Tree.
The only expenses incurred oy Tue student are
comprised in the lees paid Tor his Inscriptions and
eXamna.ops on these lees there Is 8 TAX, which
( Is paIu by the student on taxing out his inscrp
tous or Undergoing his eXaminauons But should
the STUDENT 90 before MS examiners rnsuifclently
prepared and lail he would In that case ioreit ms
examination tax, and have to pay IL once more
on presenting himself again Tor examination on
the same subject IN wnIcA ne broke DOWN.
( TIME.
very able friend OF mine, who has devoted
much attention 10 the SUBJECT or French medical
education, has expressed some doubts whether
the length OF ume required by the present
Iae knowledge OF the student. lie is
disposed to think-anu many tAougntuI men In
Gorse the OpiDion-tnat shorter time, with bet
ter system or Lectures. would work mucn better.
Students frequently complain that TO obtain any
real benefit from the lectures as tney are al pres
ent delivered they would nave TO spend from
twelve 10 niteen years IN waiting Ior tnem IL
is nor my business, however, TO attempt a reform
oil medical education IN France. ! have merely TO
state iacts the as they stand for the In
formation OF Amerlcans.
THE PRODUCTS.
II Is my duty therefore, 10 observe that an Idea
prevails that the Paris Faculty OF Medicine has
produced very distinguished men since the
time or We peau, Trousseau and Nelaton; conse-
quently the influx OF foreigners desrous OF study
ing medicine IN paris is not at present large. In
deed, as far can learn, there are but two Amer
lean medical students regularly inscribed In the
PARIS school, MIR. Hayden, OF Boston, and
Mr. wortnington, OF Cincinnati Prob
ably neither oil these gentlemen intend
to take French degree, bur Will be content 10
carry back TO the United states with them Scr
tifcate OF Study,n statlng the length OF time In
whicn they have folio cd the usual course in the
French school The whole NUMBER OF American
medical students In Paris at any one time Is never
supposed TO have exceeded fifteen.
LAW.