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[page 671] Ques. You have been asked about special treatment in these cases. So there any special treatment in their cases. Ans. In regard to their peculiar, local diseases; no there is not. Ques. Who mixes the medicines. Ans. The Assistant Superintendent, Dr. Sanborn. Ques. As a general rule do the patients receive about the same treatment. Ans. It varies according to the case. Ques. Are you able to treat each individual case in an entirely separate way. Ans. Yes, each one who requires medicine. There are a large class of patients there who do not require medicine constantly, but in case of special illness then they are treated medically. Ques. When they are in the sick room. Ans. As sir, if they have any indisposition, illness. Ques. How many patients in the hospital are acute cases. Ans. Not a very large number, not more than 50 out of the whole. Ques. Explain the difference between acute insanity and chronic. Ans. Acute insanity is a disease which comes on with the first attack, for instance and it may last longer or shorter, from a few weeks to a few months; a case may be considered acute of less than a year; after the year it may be counted as chronic. Ques. You have in the hospital now how many such