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[page 913] her I advised him not to take her there, but being otherwise he could take her over there and watch her carefully and see. Ques. The case being as it was, you advised him to put his friend into this asylum. Ans. I did not advise him to, I though he could safely do it if he liked. Ques. Whether during 1880 you did not go to a person who was thinking of committing a friend there, you being at the hospital at time, and have a conversation with her and urge upon her that her friends would be kindly treated and properly cared for at the asylum and that she would do well to leave her there.

Ans. I was visiting this lady of my family there, and a patient was brought there; it was in the parlor, I do not remember seeing the patient, but saw the friends who had brought her, an aunt and a young man 16 years old; they were in great distress of mind about it, the patient I judge was very nervous and the aunt I thought was about as nervous as the patient. I saw at once that the patient was unfit to go away in their care. I said to them, now, under the circumstances, my advice is for you not to undertake to take her home now for you are not fit to take care of her, but leave her here and you can come