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[page 492] physician could not be employed in an insane hospital where half of the patients are females? A. Yes, there are reasons. They haven't the executive ability, ordinarily, of a male; and it certainly requires that in an institution. Q. Does all history show that female executive ability is at all behind that of man in proportion to the number that have had a chance to show it? And doesnt ancient and modern history show it whether there have been placed at the head of an army, school, college, or insane hospital? A. That is a matter of judgment. My judgment would be that they haven't the executive ability of a male. Q. Their mental organization is fewer. Isnt the texture of the female brain finer? A. More sensative [sensitive] organization. Q. Are not the insane almost invariably like children in many respects, childlike? A. Yes, sir, inclined to be. Q. Is it not a fact that females can manage a child and bring up a family much better than the male, on account of this peculiar fitness or organization? A. I think a woman will be controlled better