That physicians appointed by the State, and operating in conjunction with superintendents of public institutions and with teachers, would be able to accomplish a most valuable work, in reference to the conduct of education, and in instructing the public concerning those habits of life which are at variance with mental health, I have no doubt. I may add that there can be no question that a generous expenditure of money for such a purpose would save many minds from the suffering and ruin which result from disease, and, in the end, prove to be the wisest economy. THE END. FOOTNOTES: [1] The whole number was 31,782. [2] "The Past in the Present: What is Civilization?" by Arthur Mitchell, M.D., LL.D., ed. 1880, p. 227. [3] From "An Address delivered before the Graduating Class in the Medical Department of Yale College," by the Author, 1875. Tuttle & Morehouse, New Haven, Ct. [4] As an example of what is required of young pupils, in addition to the usual study hours in school, I herewith subjoin a list of what a lad, twelve years of age, brought home from school, by direction of the teacher, to learn during the evening: 1--_a._ From what incident is the phrase "passed the Rubicon" derived? _b._ Why is the Archipelago southeast of Greece sometimes called the Ægean Sea? _c._ What poet is sometimes called the Ettrick Shepherd? _d._ What is the largest bell in the world, and how much does it weigh? _e._ What was the debt of the United States at the close of the Revolution? 2.--Spell the following words and give the definition of them (being prepared to write both the spelling and definition as they are announced by the teacher): Clarify, Pyrenees, judgment, leguminous, critique, pistachio, deceit, scissors, superficies, idiom, anodyne, filigree, monody, cartouch, committee, tobacco. 3.--Work out and hand in on paper solutions of the following problems: _a._ What number is that from which if you take 8/14, the remainder will be 1/3? _b._ What number is that to which if you add 4/9 of 11, the sum will be 44-3/5? _c._ What number multiplied by 11 will give 44-3/5 for a product? _d._ What number divided by 4-2/7 will give 243/324 for a quotient? _e._ What divisor will give 4-2/7 for a quotient, 66 being the dividend? _f._ What number is that 8/14 of which exceeds 1/2 by 4-2/7? _g._ What number is that to which if 8/14 of itself be added, the sum will be 66? _h._ What number is that from which if 1/3 of itself be subtracted, the remainder will be 11? I call attention: 1st, to the amount of labor and time it will require simply to do the work of the above lesson, even supposing that a class of children from eleven to thirteen years of age have the ability, and after five hours in the school-room during the day; and 2d, to the character of some of the requirements. [5] Before this patient left the Retreat she gave me the following schedule of her daily duties and mode of life while in school:--