Special dispensations have been made for the schools of medicine, so
that the services of the more advanced students may be utilized while
at the same time they are enabled to continue their studies. This has
been made possible by the establishment of the so-called "_Universita
Castrense_," or Camp University, situated in the war zone, where
distinguished physicians who are also university professors teach the
young students, while teachers and pupils alternate the hours of class
with those of service in the camp hospitals. The change caused by
the war in the condition of women has probably been more profound and
more keenly felt in Italy than in other countries, such as England and
France, where women have for many years been engaged in various useful
pursuits. In Italy the women of the middle class, with rare exceptions,
remained at home. Those of the lower class, when they worked at all,
generally chose some occupation such as teaching. Most women had no
economic independence. Unmarried girls usually lived with their parents
or some married brother or sister.
[Illustration: ST. MARK'S PLACE, VENICE
Though the beautiful buildings were protected, crowds gathered daily
and regular occupations were pursued