From these pathologic studies, or studies of how the diseased state of
the brain and body may be overcome by physical development, on the one
hand, and, on the other hand, how the healthy body may be wrecked by
disease of the brain, we will turn to a consideration of the effect of
the development of the mind and intellect upon the physical health.

On a girl's entering Vassar College an exact and detailed physical
examination is made by the resident physician, a health record is kept
during her stay there, and at the time of her graduation a final
physical examination is made. As a result of these statistics Dr.
Thelberg says: "These statistics, now covering a number of years, show
that not only can girls profitably take a college education, that is
accomplished; but will prove that grave physical imperfections can be
corrected in the period between eighteen and twenty-two years of age,
coincidently with the development of the mind along the lines of
college work; the college work, if not excessive in amount, being a
real and most important factor in the physical development."

But a still more striking proof can be cited of the beneficial result
of mental and intellectual occupation upon the bodily health. At
Vassar a great deal of attention is very properly paid to general
hygiene and the physical development, in addition to the natural
advantages of outdoor life in the country.

Take, for example, a woman's medical college located in the city: the
four years' course places the greatest strain on both mind and body;
practically no time is left for recreation, and very much too little
time is spent in sleep; the amount of exercise taken is the minimum.
Yet in spite of all these disadvantages under which the young women