There are now forty-five dental colleges in the United States. Forty of these are members of the National Association of Dental Faculties, organized for the purpose of securing uniformity in teaching and in graduating men. Membership in this association is a certificate of high standing and of comprehensive advantages. Last year (1894) the number of students in dental colleges was 4979, while the number of graduates was 1208. At present nearly all the States have legislation governing the practice of dentistry, and often more strict than that regulating the practice of medicine. In New York the law places dentistry on precisely the same plane as medicine,--prescribes the same qualifications for matriculation, the same length of study, exactions for graduation, examination, etc. In other words, the law is quite as strict regarding admission to dental colleges as to medical. After 1897 at least a full high-school course will be demanded for matriculation, and from now on we may look forward to having a really educated dental profession. INDEX. Advances in other sciences, 153 Ægidius, 077 Æsclepiadæ, 011 Æsculapius, 007 Ætius, 049 Age of foundation, 012 Age of renovation, 012 Age of transition, 012 Agnew, D. Hayes, 295 Akenside, 213 Albiuus, 164 Albucassis, 063 Alchemists and charlatans, the, 187 Alchemy, 141 Alexander of Tralles, 050 Alexandria, library of, 031 school of, 032 Alkindus, 060 Ambulant physicians, 017 Amendment in medical affairs, 151 American teaching of to-dav, 298 Amphitheatres, dissecting, 111 Amussat, 269 Anæsthesia, history of, 300 Anatomic period, 012, 030 Anatomy and physiology of Galen, 039 Anatomy, chairs of, 111 Andral, 245 Andry, 177 Anel, 215 Animalculists, 183 Animism, 196 Animists, 183 Antiseptics, history of, 317 Antyllus, 051 Arabic period, 012, 057 review of the, 097 Archiaters, 053 Aretæus, 034 Argentier, John, 0146 Aristotle, 028 Arlt, 253 Arnold de Villeneuve, 088 Asclepiades of Bytlunia, 044 Aselli, 160 Astrology, 141 Astruc, 138, 214 Aubrey, 183 Auscultation, 262 Avenbrugger, Leopold, 210 Avenzoar, 064 Averroës, 064 Avicenna, 061