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[page 398] Q. Did they have any method by which they confined such a man to the bed? A. If a man was weak and needed to be confined to the bed, they used to put him in sheets, tie him on with sheets, put a jacket onto him. Q. How was that done? A. Put a jacket onto him and lashed his hands, and he would be as comfortable as possible. The sheet about him kept him back in the bed. Q. So the jacket was- A. The same as these exactly. Q, Did you ever have any violent patients? A. Yes, sir. Q. Did you ever know a violent patient injured by being restrained in that way? A. I never did. If he was very bad they had a man to take care of him; right by him all the time and looked after him Q. Do you know what the proportion of patients was to attendants? A. About the same as here. Q. Do you know how many patients they had in Taunton? A. There were over 700