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[page 452] there that for some years past they have refused to take medicine from a man but they would take it from a woman. Mr. Baker: Who testified to that? It has not been since I have been here. Dr. Butler: No, it has not. Mrs. Whidden stated that in the first examination. Q. Then you say they frequently refused it from a woman and man both? A. Well, from anybody, yes, sir. Q. When you are obliged to give an insane person medicine, does it make any difference whether it is a man or woman? A. I think it is owning to the manner in which you approach them. Q. But suppose they were approached in the same way by both classes? A. I dont think it would make any difference with a person who was very much confused, which sex administered it. Q. Was there more than one attendant to the privates in the womens department at the same time 2 or 3 years ago, where Miss. Bean was? A. Occasionally we had an attendant to take care of sick.