was important for its values,

而显得尤为重要
stressing a meritocracy by the

特别在于它强调
encouragement of ability instead of privilege,

有能力的精英为领导
birth and cronyism,

而非特权出身和任人唯亲
and by a new democratic spirit that

并且其提倡的民主精神
provided a new dynamism and a world of competition.

提供了新的活力和世界范围内的竞争
The new banners inscribed--the new mottos of the medical profession

医疗职业的新标题和新座右铭为
were words such as "Reform,"

改革进步
"Progress," "Observation" and "Precision."

观察和精确之类的词
what, then--those are the preconditions--what

这些都是前提条件
was the substance of the Paris School of Medicine?

那么巴黎医学院的实质内容是什么呢
And here we see an extraordinary development

在这里我们看到了一个非凡的发展