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[page 64] more to do with the hospital than the superintendent. I remember some complaint about the meat and some times there was not a sufficiency upon the table, and I spoke to the Dr. about it. But it seems sometimes it would be repeated. And I spoke to him about not having sufficient in the morning. And he replied it didn't matter so much about breakfast, this principal meal of the day was dinner. But it seemed to me as there was no correction about the matter, that he either didn't have the power to do it or else he was afraid of the steward and treasurer. I therefore deemed it best to lay the matter before the trustees, and Capt. Pettengill, the Chairman of the Committee on the part of the senate was then President of the board, I think. And that was why I wanted him to be present. Mr. Richards, I notice, is here, and will probably remember something about the transaction What I asked for then, as near as I can remember, was that the medical staff of the hospital should be put in its proper position; that they should have control of everything about the institution; that they should have the control about the diet, what the food should be,