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[page 467] Q. Can you recollect any other case of what you considered as personal abuse of a patient during the 15 years you have been there? If so, state to the Committee what you did in that instance? A. I dont remember any other case now that I happened to see. Q. Do you remember the name of the patient or of the attendant in this instance that you have spoken of? A. I dont. I could recall it I think. It was quite a number of years ago. Q. Just a word in reference to the head nurse. Was that officer introduced in addition to the regular officers introduced in addition to the regular officers of the institution a few years ago? A. This last Autumn Q. 1880? A. Yes, sir Q. There was nobody in the institution called "head nurse" prior to Miss Clough's being there was there? A. No, more had that appellation. Q. It was really a new office, created at that time? A. Yes, sir Q. And the duties of it were a little uncertain were they not? A. I dont know. Perhaps there was a liability to be a conflict between the nurse