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18:13, 13 January 2022 diff hist +1,009‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4OTA ‎ Created page with "[page 522] A. Dr. Harlow knew he worked outdoors every day. Q. If you thought yourself that man went out improperly was it not your duty to stop him? A. No, sir. Q. Then you a..."
18:08, 13 January 2022 diff hist +894‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4ODk ‎ Created page with "[page 521] Q. Do you have any personal knowledge of what that man did on any given day, more than 10 minutes of the day? A. No, I font suppose I had any personal knowledge. Q...."
18:01, 13 January 2022 diff hist +1,002‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4ODg ‎ Created page with "[page 520] every day, Sundays and all Q. You were in the building and he was outside of the building? A. Yes, sir. Q. Your business was in the halls? A. Yes, sir Q. To stay wi..."
17:37, 13 January 2022 diff hist +1,017‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4ODc ‎ Created page with "[page 519] Q. When I asked you the general question whether you ever saw a case of abuse you didn't report, I meant to include your whole term of service? A. Yes, sir. Q. And..."
17:31, 13 January 2022 diff hist +1,063‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4ODY ‎ Created page with "[page 518] you can. and I wish to ask if you can call to mind, or have knowledge of more than 3 or 4 instances of illtreatment of patients while you were there? A. You mean in..."
17:25, 13 January 2022 diff hist +1,048‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4ODU ‎ Created page with "[page 517] Q. And other pictures substituted for them? A. No, sir Q. You only speak of it as it was when you were there? A. Yes, sir Q. There is a piano in the Amusement hall..."
17:18, 13 January 2022 diff hist +1,035‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4ODQ ‎ Created page with "[page 516] Q. Ever see a patient in that institution go out against his will? A. No, sir Q. Ever see a patient there compelled to labor when he didn't want to? A. No, sir. I d..."
17:10, 13 January 2022 diff hist +917‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4ODM ‎ Created page with "[page 515] Q. How did he appear? as well as ever? A. No, sir, I dont think he did. By Mr. Baker: Q. This man was taken out in the afternoon? A. I have an impression he was. Q...."
17:05, 13 January 2022 diff hist +1,067‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4ODI ‎ Created page with "[page 514] Q. Did you aid in trying to recover him? a. Yes sir Q. Was there any Dr. about there? A. Dr. Sanborn came down and looked at him and went up. Q. Was there any consu..."
16:59, 13 January 2022 diff hist +883‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4ODE ‎ Created page with "[page 513] A. No, sir Q. Do you know how Hackett discovered him? A. All I know is what he said. I didn't know any thing about it until he brought him down. Q. You have no menu..."
16:52, 13 January 2022 diff hist +882‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4ODA ‎ Created page with "[page 512] him out though; he was taken out by one of the outdoor help. Q. Do you remember any thing about the case of a man who had a seen stroke there? A. That is the man I..."
16:46, 13 January 2022 diff hist +964‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4Nzk ‎ Created page with "[page 511] Q. How did they abuse them? A. Handled them roughly. I dont remember what kind of treatment, but I thought they were not fitted to be there, and told Dr. Harlow. Q..."
16:41, 13 January 2022 diff hist +1,043‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4Nzg ‎ Created page with "[page 510] Q. You mean scenes from Shakespeare? A. Yes, sir Q. Such as King Lear, as you remember, or some such case as that. Were there any other kinds of pictures? A. There..."
16:34, 13 January 2022 diff hist +937‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4Nzc ‎ Created page with "[page 509] hall I think. Q. Did you ever see that melodian? A. It is a piano. Q. How long have they had it? A. I dont remember how long, quite a number of years. Q. That is in..."
16:25, 13 January 2022 diff hist +1,003‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4NzY ‎ Created page with "[page 508] Q. Did you ever see them stop and examine and watch them with pleasure? A. I dont remember as ever I did; still, I might. Q. We hear and read about musical instrume..."
16:20, 13 January 2022 diff hist +1,057‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4NzU ‎ Created page with "[page 507] Q. Didn't you considered it your duty? A. I dont know whether I did or not. Q. Were you ever told it was your duty? A. No, sir, I dont remember as ever anybody told..."
16:14, 13 January 2022 diff hist +1,034‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4NzQ ‎ Created page with "[page 506] Q. Took the attendant clear along through, and the last hall had time and means and method to find out that the committee was coming? A. Yes, sir, I used to tell th..."
16:09, 13 January 2022 diff hist +897‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4NzM ‎ Created page with "[page 505] go all round the house they were "here" or "there" Q. Was word ever sent up to you by anybody that they had come? A. The watchman notified me one might that Mrs. Qu..."
16:04, 13 January 2022 diff hist +961‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4NzI ‎ Created page with "[page 504[ Q. Do you know that they have been changed A. No, I dont think I have heard there has been any change; I dont remember. Q. You know that there is a law about a visi..."
15:56, 13 January 2022 diff hist +1,013‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4NzE ‎ Created page with "[page 503] great many fires are? Not an extraordinary fire, but the roof on fire and the room filled with smoke and a panic among them? A. I should rather doubt whether you co..."
15:43, 13 January 2022 diff hist +988‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4NzA ‎ Created page with "[page 502] the three? A. Not that I know of; was not at that time when I went away. Q. Now you have been there long enough to be acquainted as an expert with the condition of..."
15:38, 13 January 2022 diff hist +990‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4Njk ‎ Created page with "[page 501] up tp this time? A. I supposed they did, yes, sir. Q. How many went away with you at this time? A. I think there were nine male attendants. Dr. Harlow held me respo..."
15:33, 13 January 2022 diff hist +990‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4Njg ‎ Created page with "[page 500] Q. That was not what Dr. Harlow understood. Just state what Dr. Harlow said why you were sent away? A. Because I didn't ask him. Q. Was it not your duty to ask him..."
15:28, 13 January 2022 diff hist +962‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4Njc ‎ Created page with "[page 499] Monday, Feb. 21 Met according to adjournment, all of the committee being present except Messrs. Linscott and Wentworth. Testimony of A.B. Hodgkins, sworn By Dr. But..."
15:22, 13 January 2022 diff hist +1,023‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4NjY ‎ Created page with "[page 488] be done with them in your opinion as an expert? A. I would make accommodations in hospitals regulated for that purpose, sufficient to accommodate the wants of the s..."
15:17, 13 January 2022 diff hist +951‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4NjU ‎ Created page with "[page 497] there I should say 10 years. Q. Every day more or less? A. Pretty much, pretty constantly. Q. Do you happen to know that he was taken sick so that he could not work..."
15:11, 13 January 2022 diff hist +902‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4NjQ ‎ Created page with "[page 496] By Mr. Fall: Q. Were there actually 57 persons discharged that year who never came back again or who had never been there before? A. I presume some of them had been..."
15:06, 13 January 2022 diff hist +1,003‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4NjM ‎ Created page with "[page 495] an average, are not there a large number of them- I dont mean necessarily a majority, but a large number among them, chrome and incurable cases, that have been ther..."
14:59, 13 January 2022 diff hist +962‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4NjI ‎ Created page with "[page 494] practice of using them when not heated and kept properly warm. So I beg the Committee to understand that we make no quarrel in regard to that; and we regard the que..."
14:47, 13 January 2022 diff hist +922‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4NjE ‎ Created page with "[page 493] by a male than a female. Q. And a male better by a female, also? A. Very often By Dr. Butler: Q. Are there no written rules prescribing the duties of the head-nurse..."
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14:42, 13 January 2022 diff hist +1,068‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4NjA ‎ Created page with "[page 492] physician could not be employed in an insane hospital where half of the patients are females? A. Yes, there are reasons. They haven't the executive ability, ordinar..."
14:35, 13 January 2022 diff hist +1,073‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4NTk ‎ Created page with "[page 491] irritation? A. They have got to recover their physical health some wheres. I believe it is very rare that a person is insane unless diseased in some way physically..."
14:30, 13 January 2022 diff hist +1,175‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4NTg ‎ Created page with "[page 490] leading directly to insanity? A. I presume there are, yes, sir. There is always a confusion of curses I think which cause insanity Q. Is it not given in the most of..."
14:22, 13 January 2022 diff hist +1,040‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4NTc ‎ Created page with "[page 489] compared with other hospitals? A. I dont think they vary materially in state hospitals. Q. Why I ask about the number of insane, I wish to get your idea of the two..."
14:15, 13 January 2022 diff hist +985‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4NTY ‎ Created page with "[page 488] a number were there not, under that legislature act, sent home in order to give more room in the hospital for other patients within a few months- a much larger numb..."
14:10, 13 January 2022 diff hist +948‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4NTU ‎ Created page with "[page 487] proofs of the management of a hospital is the success of it. I see by the last report that there were 57 persons recovered in the last year; and that there were the..."
13:52, 13 January 2022 diff hist +946‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4NTQ ‎ Created page with "[page 486] the wrist, each wrist, and a belt passing through and fastened, round the body. Q. You have nothing of that sort there? A. Yes, sir, we have had those. I think the..."
13:47, 13 January 2022 diff hist +987‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4NTM ‎ Created page with "[page 485] Q. Simply keeps him from destroying things? A. Yes, sir. Q. How many of those apparatuses of that sort are there in the institution? A. But one I believe; may possi..."
13:41, 13 January 2022 diff hist +1,047‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4NTI ‎ Created page with "[page 484] when necessary? A. I think so. Q. That is a part of the system adopted there after mature consideration is it? A. Yes, sir. Q. And in your judgment that is a wise s..."
13:37, 13 January 2022 diff hist +1,028‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4NTE ‎ Created page with "[page 483] taking them altogether? A. No, I dont think it is as a rule. I have observed that some of our excited patients were not very sensative [sensitive] to either heat or..."
13:32, 13 January 2022 diff hist +1,045‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4NTA ‎ Created page with "[page 482] to go about every hour to the lodges, together with the ^rest of the wards, and if they found any patient who was in need of clothing, to supply it? A. Yes, sir. Q...."
13:25, 13 January 2022 diff hist +940‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4NDk ‎ Created page with "[page 481] A. I dont know of any. Q. Have you ever observed any distinction of that kind to exist at all in insane patients? A. No, sir. I have seen patients, if you would fla..."
13:20, 13 January 2022 diff hist +907‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4NDg ‎ Created page with "[page 480] He was an extremely violent man. The violence of patients runs in various directions; Some to keep themselves in a nude condition. and others have a disposition to..."
13:16, 13 January 2022 diff hist +1,051‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4NDc ‎ Created page with "[page 479] put without clothing into the lodges, except in cases where they would not keep the clothing on if put on? A. I am not aware that they have been. Q. Have they ever..."
13:09, 13 January 2022 diff hist +985‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4NDY ‎ Created page with "[page 478] what locality in the hospital? Q. In lodge rooms, the rooms leading off of the lodge halls, I am speaking of exclusively? A. No, sir. Q. Did you ever know a patient..."
19:01, 11 January 2022 diff hist +981‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4NDU ‎ Created page with "[page 477] warm in order to warm the rooms? A. Yes, sir. I think it should be kept up pretty high Q. Patients are locked in the rooms? A. Yes, sir, have to be. Q. ^About What..."
18:54, 11 January 2022 diff hist +1,058‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4NDQ ‎ Created page with "[page 476] system? A. The system has been changed some, throughout, since I have been there. Q. But before the additions were put in how did the temperature run, as a rule? wi..."
18:48, 11 January 2022 diff hist +997‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4NDM ‎ Created page with "[page 475] Q. You mean heated by coils of pipe in the room itself? A. Yes, running directly into the room. Q. The coils inside of the rooms have been added from tune to time d..."
18:42, 11 January 2022 diff hist +1,018‎ N .MjEwNg.Mjk4NDI ‎ Created page with "[page 474] a hot air chamber beneath the lodges. Q. Right under the floor beneath the lodge rooms? A. Yes, sir; that is, beneath one tier of rooms; and the heated air escapes..."