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[page 94] up, said I, "We have been short of water." Then Dr. Sanborn put in a word. But Dr. Harlow I think, said nothing at all. Implying censure upon Dr. Harlow, that his department was not properly attended to, and implying a threat on the part of Mr. Lakin that any one who should do so might incur a discharge from the hospital. Mr. Baker: Dont you think that the gentlemen of the Committee can as well judge where a threat is implied as you Dr. Neal: Yes, sir. Mr. Baker: Now just confine yourself to what was done? Dr. Butler: I object to the witness being interfered with. The widest latitude has been granted here. In the first meeting of this Committee Mrs. Quimby and Mrs. Whidden were here. Mrs. Whidden was asked what others had said, and was allowed to bring in and state the opinions of insane women upon the woman question of the hospital. No objection was made, and the whole examination went along with that latitude. If the gentleman (Mr. Baker) can find any wider latitude than that he is familiar with that which I am not. Now I object to the facts being put up at this time. It has been said over and over again by gentlemen of the committee;