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[page 415] duties as the rules required him to do, there was no difficulty in his managing that number of patients was there? A. If there were none of them sick there was not. Q. Suppose one or more patients under your charge were ill today, and you were over there; would there be any difficulty in your managing the 10 or 15 that would fall under your charge? A. If he was sick enough to have a man by him all the time there would be. Q. Of course if you were by him all the time you could not be with the others; but suppose one or two men were ill, but not so seriously sick as to require watches, but simply common illness, any difficulty then? A. No, sir Q. If a man was seriously sick at this hospital did he fall under the charge of the same attendant that had charge of the rest? A. Yes, sir Q. Did they some times make special details in cases where the sickness was serious? A. I dont remember that there ever was in my wards. Q. Did you ever have cases of serious sickness in your ward? A. Yes, sir; had a number of deaths.