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20:00, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,104‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0NTM ‎ Created page with "[ page 85] believe in any such arrangement as that for patients. I dont think that because they have lost their reason for a time they should be subjected to such treatment. D..."
19:55, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,183‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0NTI ‎ Created page with "[page 84] is better than a large class get at home. What has that to do with it? They have the same as anybody else. They pay for good bread and ought to have it. But butter..."
19:44, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,132‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0NTE ‎ Created page with "[page 83] what the storie [story] is Mr. Lakin: May I ask a single question? Mr. Morrill: You can ask a question. Mr. Lakin: I would like to ask the witness if he intends to l..."
19:06, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,162‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0NTA ‎ Created page with "[page 82] that he had spoken to Lakin about them. But what did Lakin care about what he said? I remember also of speaking about the bread. Now my taste perhaps about bread may..."
19:00, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,126‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0NDk ‎ Created page with "[page 81] doing any thing, sitting then and doing nothing; was not attending to my duty or anything else. I made no reply at all. I went down and looked onto the coffin, and a..."
18:54, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,153‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0NDg ‎ Created page with "[page 80] while, and by and by she came to a piece that she thought didn't smell just right, near the bone. And that is all she could reach. Mr. Richards could not decide whet..."
18:47, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,192‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0NDc ‎ Created page with "[page 79] office where I was. I thought there was upon his face an unusually quiet, smooth, pacific expression. I waited calmly, and talked a little about matters. It was the..."
18:40, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,104‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0NDY ‎ Created page with "[page 78] Well, we will take up the meat again As the Dr. had said that the thing I had told him hadn't been correct, the very first case that was brought to my notice I took..."
18:31, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,045‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0NDU ‎ Created page with "[page 77] it looks to me. The steward and treasurer knew what he was about. He knew whose influence was the best for him to make use of while he was in the institution. I ha..."
18:26, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,095‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0NDQ ‎ Created page with "[page 76] I was willing to go out; but if he was wrong I didn't think there was any necessity that I should go. That was the point with the Governor that I could not understan..."
18:21, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,470‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0NDM ‎ Created page with "[page 75] to that effect) the treasurer took my letter to the Governor and he decided I was right. And therefore Mr. Chase resigned. The treasurer wrote me to come over. I wen..."
18:10, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,136‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0NDI ‎ Created page with "[page 74] Richards is here, and knows something about it, although he was not the one who told me- that Mr. Wakefield- he says, "have you heard for what reason Mr. Wakefield..."
18:04, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,144‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0NDE ‎ Created page with "[page 74 1/2] of you they spoke favorably. So far as I know they were they were entirely satisfied with you and I thought the utmost harmony and good feeling prevailed between..."
17:57, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,119‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0NDA ‎ Created page with "[page 73] what he said in the report about her. But you cannot always tell, gentlemen, from the reports of hospitals, the truth about things. I have been in hospitals before n..."
17:49, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,133‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0Mzk ‎ Created page with "[ page 72] well. Dr. Harlow didnt stand up for her. I says to the Dr.: "You dont stand up for your officers, your medical assistants. You didnt stand up for Mrs. Meserve when..."
17:44, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,127‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0Mzg ‎ Created page with "[page 71] not be able to get along with the steward because the law was difficult. That is, the law out there said the superintendent should be superintendent. The law here sa..."
17:38, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,113‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0Mzc ‎ Created page with "[page 70] came in to be corrected, and they were all corrected, and the Dr. made them out. And when he was asked if he had any suggestions to make in reference to them he hand..."
17:32, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,163‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0MzY ‎ Created page with "[page 69] make as many by-laws as they choose, and they cannot take that right away from you. The Dr. also spoke about a particular by-law where it says "the horses and carria..."
17:25, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,173‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0MzU ‎ Created page with "[page 68] was just right that employees of the hospital should know of any dispute or altercation going on between officers. And I asked that if he wanted ^ to talk the matter..."
17:19, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,148‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0MzQ ‎ Created page with "[page 67] absence of the superintendent, as it seemed to me that my position was equal with the other physician, that I should have the corresponding to do with the friends of..."
17:12, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,107‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0MzM ‎ Created page with "[page 66] physician, Dr. Sanborn. I had charge of what is called the male wards, and waited on visitors. Some times there would be a great number of visitors, from early in th..."
17:05, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,141‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0MzI ‎ Created page with "[page 65] whether it was proper or not, and every thing pertaining to the matter of patients, the labor of the attendants, the officers that had any thing to do with the pati..."
16:59, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,164‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0MzE ‎ Created page with "[page 64] more to do with the hospital than the superintendent. I remember some complaint about the meat and some times there was not a sufficiency upon the table, and I spok..."
16:52, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,090‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0MzA ‎ Created page with "[page 63] would bring me up some, and she did once. I had no idea it would be anything out of the way, as she was really an employe and I was an officer in that institution. B..."
16:47, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,135‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0Mjk ‎ Created page with "[page 62] What I want to make appear is that the superintendent with the trustees have control of the institution, and that the steward is an officer who acts under the direct..."
16:39, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,347‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0Mjg ‎ Created page with "[page 61] what is wrong about it, and no other person than themselves can have any interest in it; that what is said is entered out of enmity against some body. To a party vis..."
16:32, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,130‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0Mjc ‎ Created page with "[page 60] will adjourn so that he can have an opportunity when the Chairman is present. Dr. Neal: The only question is that of the expense of attending here. Mr. Morrill: Yo..."
16:25, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,063‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0MjY ‎ Created page with "[page 59] The attendant said she had put her in the lounge; she had been down and put her on the lounge and gone back; and she was there in pain and she had not reported her...."
16:14, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,016‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0MjU ‎ Created page with "[page 58] By Dr. Butler: Q. Do you remember of ever finding the halls without attendants? A. Yes, sir. Q. You have done that frequently, several times? A. Several times; I don..."
16:09, 20 December 2021 diff hist +984‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0MjQ ‎ Created page with "[page 57] was neglected? A. I have found several cases of their being in the lodges in this condition. Q. I mean what you call neglect. A. I didn't say they were neglected int..."
16:04, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,018‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0MjM ‎ Created page with "[page 56] You know that the insecure women get up from the bed in the cold room. Did you notice at that time the necessity for carpets, and that there were none? A. When I fir..."
15:58, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,072‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0MjI ‎ Created page with "[page 55] I only want to get at this fact whether this thing does occur in this hospital occasionally; if that is the way these men are treated. A. She never said to me anyth..."
15:53, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,006‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0MjE ‎ Created page with "[page 54] because they would tear the clothing. Mr. Goss: Did you have any reason to doubt that? Witness: No, sir, only that I wanted to see some better way; no reason to doub..."
15:47, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,004‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0MjA ‎ Created page with "[page 53] Only a blanket and a straw bed. Q. Were they on or in the bed? A. We found them in the beds. Q. Crawled into the straw do you mean? A. Yes, sir. Q. And left there al..."
15:42, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,076‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0MTk ‎ Created page with "[page 52] getting ready to go out, and seemed quite surprised to see me. And I asked them for their lantern. One said her lantern was not in order and the other said hers was;..."
15:37, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,063‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0MTg ‎ Created page with "[page 51] Dr. Butler: I think if the Chairman will follow out the line of questioning he will see the bearing of this question that I have put. But I will put in evidence this..."
15:31, 20 December 2021 diff hist +990‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0MTc ‎ Created page with "[page 50] A. Five and a half years. Q. When did it begin? A. April 1874 Q. What did you understand to be the duties of that committee? A. They are clearly defined by the law...."
15:25, 20 December 2021 diff hist +979‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0MTY ‎ Created page with "[page 49] Witness: I haven't Mr. Lakin: I would like to ask her if she can dorm any judgement from the appearance of the child? Witness: She is but a child. Dr. Butler: How ol..."
15:17, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,014‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0MTU ‎ Created page with "[ page 48] Q. He was standing out on the sidewalk? A. He was in the stable, and went from the stable directly and got the lady and brought her to the house, so far as I know...."
15:12, 20 December 2021 diff hist +941‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0MTQ ‎ Created page with "[page 47] was coming to the hospital? A. Yes, sir. Q. More than once? A. Yes sir. Q. Did you send for her? A. Yes, sir. Dr. Harlow: I would like to ask if he informed anybody..."
15:05, 20 December 2021 diff hist +993‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0MTM ‎ Created page with "[illegible] Whether it has been so at all times I cannot say now. Q. How many cows have you on the place? A. Some forty. Q. No more than forty? A. I think there is one more. Q..."
14:58, 20 December 2021 diff hist +962‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0MTI ‎ Created page with "of the council to audit the accounts is there not? A. Yes, sir. Q. Have they done that? A. Yes, sir, in all cases but one Q. When was that? A. The present one. Q. The present..."
14:46, 20 December 2021 diff hist +994‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0MTE ‎ Created page with "[page 44] It has been charged that there is no discipline there. Mr, Morrill:- A very proper question, or any other question that refers to the general management. You are fre..."
14:39, 20 December 2021 diff hist +955‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0MTA ‎ Created page with "[ page 43] but I dont know of a case now where I knew it Q. Dont you know cases where you had no reason to doubt? A. No, sir. I dont recollect any such case. Q. You believe th..."
14:34, 20 December 2021 diff hist +991‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0MDk ‎ Created page with "[page 42] comfortably down? A. That is the third hall? Q. Taking them generally all through, expecting the front? A. The stairways as a rule leading down from the halls are n..."
14:28, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,107‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0MDg ‎ Created page with "[page 41] story after he left his room, if he was suddenly called in the case of a fire? how many feet should you judge? A. It might be about 150 to 175 ft. as near as I can a..."
14:22, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,116‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0MDc ‎ Created page with "[page 40] that upper third? A. I didn't count the room door; I didn't understand that part of the question, if it was so out, Q. yes, That would be five? A. Yes, sir. Q. I sho..."
14:14, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,175‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0MDY ‎ Created page with "[page 39] Q. What is the length of the wings or halls, whatever you call them? A. They vary some what, having been built at different times and after slightly different models..."
14:09, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,095‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0MDU ‎ Created page with "[page 38] speak of? A. Yes sir, there was. Q. How long was that? A. I could not answer exactly; I kept no record. Q. Well, they have testified. They would be more likely to re..."
14:02, 20 December 2021 diff hist +1,046‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk0MDQ ‎ Created page with "[page 37] clothing, and matters of that class; those are not born by the hospital. Q. But this covers the furnishing of clothing and everything by the hospital? A. There is n..."