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19:02, 4 January 2022 diff hist +982‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1OTk ‎ Created page with "[page 231] in the lodge, take his clothes away from him and give him a straw bed." Q. You never had occasion to hear Dr. Harlow say why they put them in the lodge on straw and..."
18:54, 4 January 2022 diff hist +1,013‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1OTg ‎ Created page with "[page 230] him for two weeks. Q. You are sure that is so? A. Yes, sir Q. In the case of these violent patients which you have some times; they are put in the lodges because th..."
18:48, 4 January 2022 diff hist +929‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1OTc ‎ Created page with "[page 229] every day. If I am not correct Dr. Harlow will correct me. Dr. Harlow: No rule of that kind that I know of. Dr. Butler: No rule that the superintendent or his ass..."
18:42, 4 January 2022 diff hist +1,055‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1OTY ‎ Created page with "[page 228] Q. And a man would have to be pretty sleepy to go to sleep after that where there was passing and repassing in the hall wouldn't be? A. I should say he would. Q. Si..."
18:35, 4 January 2022 diff hist +1,065‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1OTU ‎ Created page with "[page 227] Dr. Butler: My only point is that the rules of the hospital are habitually violated. Q. (Reading from rules of the hospital) "Patients will not be required to retur..."
18:27, 4 January 2022 diff hist +946‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1OTQ ‎ Created page with "[page 226] long it was. Q. Do you remember the case of one Sleeper? A. Yes, sir. Q. What was that case? A. They had some trouble in the chapel, and a couple of attendants took..."
18:21, 4 January 2022 diff hist +970‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1OTM ‎ Created page with "[page 225] room ^and the attendant in the hall went and got the straps and put onto the patient. Dr. Harlow passed through and was in the lower south hall. After he had put th..."
18:16, 4 January 2022 diff hist +937‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1OTI ‎ Created page with "[page 224] The question of the admission of hearsay ^as testimony was discussed. Dr. Eaton: I move that the witness be allowed to answer the question. And I will make the same..."
18:09, 4 January 2022 diff hist +957‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1OTE ‎ Created page with "[page 223] Q. Did it make any mark upon his face? A. I didnt see any mark. Q. What did they do with him when they were done? A. They put him in the room and locked him in. Q...."
18:02, 4 January 2022 diff hist +1,015‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1OTA ‎ Created page with "[page 222] He was in one of the upper halls. Q. Were there or not times when h was violent? A. he was kind of cross at times, yes, sir. Q. So far as you know, insane people ar..."
17:55, 4 January 2022 diff hist +990‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1ODk ‎ Created page with "[page 221] attacked afterwards at any other time by this attendant? A. No, I never did. Q. What was his general bearing towards him whenever you saw him? A. McCarty? Q. Yes, t..."
17:47, 4 January 2022 diff hist +1,074‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1ODg ‎ Created page with "[page 220] this technical term of "churning", pressing on the patient with the knee? A. Yes, sir, on his stomach Q. And that he did that until you interfered? A. Yes, sir. Q...."
17:41, 4 January 2022 diff hist +965‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1ODc ‎ Created page with "[page 219] he was reading or not. Q. And you say he called him into his room? A. Yes, sir Q. And if I understood you rightly he kicked the patient in the mouth? A. Yes, sir he..."
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17:33, 4 January 2022 diff hist +1,017‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1ODY ‎ Created page with "[page 218] Q. Tell the Committee what you saw. A. I was in the lower south one day, and the attendant called him into his room, he was going past the door; and the attendant c..."
17:26, 4 January 2022 diff hist +1,024‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1ODU ‎ Created page with "[page 217] institution, we have no objection, but submit ourselves at once to the direction of the committee", They were now here for that purpose. On motion of Mr. Hill the C..."
17:18, 4 January 2022 diff hist +1,151‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1ODQ ‎ Created page with "[page 216] to the people of Maine for an investigation and we are here, having accepted it. It is not much money that people are willing to spend in an investigation like this..."
17:11, 4 January 2022 diff hist +1,111‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1ODM ‎ Created page with "[page 215] Tuesday, Feb 15th The Committee met according to adjournment in Representatives Hall. Messrs. Pettangall, Hill, Dudley, Morrill, Goss, Sargent, Linscott, and Eaton..."
17:04, 4 January 2022 diff hist +275‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1ODI ‎ Created page with "[page 214] By Dr. Butler: Q. After you get there to the hospital then they always know you are there? A. Not until I have been through the halls, often. At dinner time I am gr..."
17:02, 4 January 2022 diff hist +1,053‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1ODE ‎ Created page with "[page 213] Lakin by telephone after you got over here, giving him 15 or 20 minutes notice, whatever it might be, whether it was by special agreement between you and him that h..."
16:56, 4 January 2022 diff hist +984‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1ODA ‎ Created page with "[page 212] Whidden what she does do there Mr. Pettangall: Go on. Witness: I suppose I embodied some duties which perhaps might not come under that; but with the time to spare,..."
16:51, 4 January 2022 diff hist +1,007‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1Nzk ‎ Created page with "[page 211[ the house another night Q. But the most you do is what an affectionate, kind nurse would do? A. Dr. Butler, there is not such a great deal to hunt up there; if ther..."
16:46, 4 January 2022 diff hist +1,052‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1Nzg ‎ Created page with "[page 210] A. 118 days last year. Q. That is ^almost within a day or two of being one-third of the whole year? A. Yes sir. Q. You spend a week to ten days there? A. Yes, sir...."
16:28, 4 January 2022 diff hist +1,067‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1Nzc ‎ Created page with "[page 209] might have said, "A member of the committee" Mr. Baker: Are you enticing whether it was one or more? Dr. Butler: My criticism was whether there was any more than he..."
16:22, 4 January 2022 diff hist +1,146‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1NzY ‎ Created page with "[page 208] of your committee have often been with them unexpectedly during the night season, and have at all times found them punctual, faithful and efficient." "Members of yo..."
16:15, 4 January 2022 diff hist +1,047‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1NzU ‎ Created page with "[page 207] or knew, or Mr. Lakin suspected that I had left home, I was in the halls Q. You havent exactly answered the question. The question is whether you have kept the law..."
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16:07, 4 January 2022 diff hist +1,115‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1NzQ ‎ Created page with "[page 206] the entire rounds of the halls. Q. But you had nothing to do with going to their rooms? A. No, sir, I never had. I very seldom go into the officers rooms. Q. I have..."
16:01, 4 January 2022 diff hist +1,187‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1NzM ‎ Created page with "[page 205] yes, sir. When I got here at the depot they would perhaps have fifteen minutes to prepare the whole hospital for my reception. Q. That is not my question. My questi..."
15:51, 4 January 2022 diff hist +1,155‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1NzI ‎ Created page with "[page 204] unexpectedly to the superintendent and all others having the care of the hospital and its inmates. And in no case shall the committee be accompanied by any officer..."
15:24, 4 January 2022 diff hist +1,097‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1NzE ‎ Created page with "[page 203] coming before you came. The answer was, "No sir". Was that correctly reported? A. That was placed rather strongly. I qualified it. And I noticed in the report that..."
15:16, 4 January 2022 diff hist +1,060‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1NzA ‎ Created page with "[page 202] Dr. Neal: May I be permitted to make one statement that I omitted? Mr. Pettangall: I think so; go on. Dr. Neal: It is what I intended to put in before. This last su..."
15:08, 4 January 2022 diff hist +1,052‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1Njk ‎ Created page with "[page 201] lock him up and he resisted; I think that was the cause of it. Q. And he got him down and choked him? A. Yes, sir. Q. You say these are all the cases you ever saw o..."
15:02, 4 January 2022 diff hist +1,016‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1Njg ‎ Created page with "[page 200] from the state person? A. No, sir. By Mr. Baker: Q. Capt. Lakin would like to have you repeat the names of the two patients you spoke of. A. One was Clark. Dr. Harl..."
14:54, 4 January 2022 diff hist +954‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1Njc ‎ Created page with "[page 199] one myself. Q. Do you think he would have been retained if I had known it? A. No, sir; only just long enough to pack up his [dunage?] and leave. Q. Why did you want..."
14:48, 4 January 2022 diff hist +984‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1NjY ‎ Created page with "[page 198] Q. Not through Capt. Lakin at that time? A. No sir Q. Do you know why he should send for you? A. No, I don't know. Q. You never had stated the instance to any body?..."
14:42, 4 January 2022 diff hist +1,036‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1NjU ‎ Created page with "[page 197] Q. That was the first time you had ever mentioned it? A. The first time. Perhaps I might have mentioned it to some ^ of the boys, that they had trouble with him, b..."
14:37, 4 January 2022 diff hist +1,021‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1NjQ ‎ Created page with "[page 196] to report it; because I dispise [despise?] anything of the kind. I dont want any thing to do with it. I see as little as I can and attend to my own business. Q. How..."
14:29, 4 January 2022 diff hist +998‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1NjM ‎ Created page with "[page 195] about that time of day Q. While you were there? A. Yes, sir, I think he went out while I was there, but I am not quite sure. Q. He went off of his own accord and by..."
14:22, 4 January 2022 diff hist +1,001‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1NjI ‎ Created page with "[page 194] Q. Then somebody came out for him? A. No, sir, there was one or two in the yard there, and we caught him and carried him back again. Q. And you assisted? A. Yes, si..."
14:17, 4 January 2022 diff hist +1,078‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1NjE ‎ Created page with "[page 193] Q. Did you see these people were holding him? A. Yes, sir. Q. And one of the men holding him was an attendant and the other one was another patient? A. Yes, sir. Q...."
14:09, 4 January 2022 diff hist +1,058‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1NjA ‎ Created page with "[page 192] Q. At the hospital? A. I am there all the time; I board there; permanently there Q. You are in and about the wards all the time? A. All the time during the day. Q...."
14:03, 4 January 2022 diff hist +942‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1NTk ‎ Created page with "[page 191] I should Q. Would you send your wide? A. No, sir Q. Why wouldn't you take your wife there? A. Because I should prefer to have her under my own jurisdiction Q. That..."
13:58, 4 January 2022 diff hist +1,004‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1NTg ‎ Created page with "[page 190] Q. How long ago were these cases? A. I think the last one I mentioned was in 1876. I think the first one I mentioned was a year ago last winter, perhaps about Feb...."
13:51, 4 January 2022 diff hist +945‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1NTc ‎ Created page with "[page 189] one through five windows, one after another, before he was brought in; and I helped bring him in. Q. Who caught him first? A. I dont remember. I had a hand in brin..."
13:43, 4 January 2022 diff hist +1,012‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1NTY ‎ Created page with "[page 188] Q. Haven't you stated that you saw one holding him- Mr. Pettangall: That is not a proper question. Dr. Butler: If he has born such testimony elsewhere I dont know b..."
13:37, 4 January 2022 diff hist +913‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1NTU ‎ Created page with "[page 187] or twice since I have been there. Mr. Pettangill: That is hearsay. Dr. Butler: I will not insist upon it. Q. While you were there did you ever see a patient abused..."
13:31, 4 January 2022 diff hist +1,032‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1NTQ ‎ Created page with "[page 186] Q. You have opportunities to see what the conduct of the patients is, and you have seen the attendants and the patients. Have you seen that the attendants paid suf..."
13:23, 4 January 2022 diff hist +999‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1NTM ‎ Created page with "[page 185] By Mr. Pettangall: Dr. Neal, I understood you the other day there was some complaint made that the superintendent was obliged to ask the steward and treasurer if he..."
13:17, 4 January 2022 diff hist +974‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk1NTI ‎ Created page with "[page 184] A. There is a difference of opinion about that; Some want them both combined together. Q. Would you combine them together-? A. I should. Q- over here? A. I would no..."