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[page 183] treatment, as physicians understand that term, over here in the Maine insane hospital is up to the test? A. No, I dont. Q. Is it up to the test in modern medicines or new remedies, so called, in the books? A. No, sir. The treatment embraces more than giving medicines; comes under discipline and all those things Q. If it is not up to the test how far behind the times is it? A. That is a pretty hard question to answer; I could not say Q. It is your opinion it is behind the times A. So far as medical treatment; as far as the treatment of insane is concerned, that is the way I shall put it Q. Medical hygiene? A. Yes; and moral. Q. Did you find it impossible to establish discipline, or, is or not the general management of the hospital equal to that of a majority of those with which you are acquainted? A. No sir. Q. What do you think of the employment of a female physician in that hospital? A. I think there ought to be one in every ^insane hospital. Q. What do you think about the pavilion system, or cottage system, so-called, and the ^solid castle-like extremities like our insane hospital over here?